The Williams College Center for Community Engagement

P.A.W. Pals at Pownal Elementary School (volunteer)

A mentoring program in which each Williams student is paired up with a child from Pownal Elementary School in need of a role model. Williams students visit during lunch,  recess, or class time.  Groups will leave at noon and return around 1-1:15 (times can be flexible) once a week. Contact Mary Natalizia mnatalizia@svsu.org

Pen Pals at Pownal
Contact: Andrea Currie (unix: 10acc_2)

America Reads/America Counts at Pownal and Hancock Elementary Schools (paid and volunteer)

America Reads/America Counts (ARAC) is a federally funded work-study program that supports literacy in math and reading in the local public school.  Williams work-study students may tutor during the school day also at Hancock Elementary School on Wednesdays from 12:00-2:00; and at Pownal Elementary School on Tuesdays 1:30-3.  Rides can usually be coordinated for these schools,. and students can become certified to drive college vehicles.  Both of these

Schools are small, more rural and about a 15 minute drive away.