Alumni Volunteer Program

Applications are posted on the NME website at the beginning of April each school year, and they will close at the end of the month. Interested applicants must complete an application online and submit a copy of their most recent progress report in order for their application to be considered complete. Applicants will receive confirmation from the alumni coordinator with the status of their acceptance into the volunteer program.

The summer session runs in both June and July, with breaks for Juneteenth and the Fourth of July. Alumni volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of three weeks of the summer in order to be a consistent presence for scholars and their assigned teacher. 

Each alumni will be assigned to work with one class for the duration of their volunteer time. The activities vary per grade level. Some of the activities may be: