Teen Employment and Learning Programs
Newton High School student at the Mayor's Garden on the Waltham MA Common 2022
High school students from Belmont, Puerto Rico, Arlington, and Waltham having lunch in the shade at the Newton Centre site 2022
High school students from Belmont, Puerto Rico, Arlington, and Waltham having lunch in the shade at the Newton Centre site 2022
High school students from Belmont, Puerto Rico, Arlington, and Waltham having lunch in the shade at the Newton Centre site 2022
Marist College student (left), University of Vermont student, and Arlington and Belmont High School students in Arlington, MA 2023
Marist College student (left), University of Vermont student, and Arlington and Belmont High School students in Arlington, MA 2023
Belmont Woman's Club
During COVID, MS4B organized a special project for Chenery Middle School and High School students in Belmont. They joined a service learning project at the William Flagg Homer House in Belmont Center, home of the Belmont Woman's Club. The students worked hard, had fun, and toured the house where Winslow Homer, the historic 19th century painter spent his summers. Along with representatives of the Belmont Woman's Club, they removed invasive Japanese knotweed and other invasive plants, planted native plants, pruned bushes, and cleaned up the property.
Invasive Plant Removal at Kennard Park
Our team of staff, high school and college students, and volunteers removes invasives from all kinds of properties. In the photo, Belmont High School student Derek Huang removes invasive Oriental bittersweet from Kennard Park in Newton Centre, MA. Oriental bittersweet and other invasives such as Japanese wisteria become thick, heavy, and rope-like, climbing up tree trunks and pulling down otherwise healthy trees limb by limb.
In 2020, for the Newton Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program, we brought together Newton High School students and Brandeis University students to remove invasives from Kennard Park, a beautiful city park. We removed a 22 ft.-long Oriental bittersweet root and many other invasives before planting 50 native plants.