Bruins, TD Bank Honor Framingham Homework Center

The Youth Advisory Board of the Framingham Homework Center, and its Director Judy Gatlin, were honored at Monday night’s Boston Bruins game.

TD Bank, in partnership with the Boston Bruins, recognize youth from all across Massachusetts with the opportunity to attend a hockey game.

In addition to receiving a Bruins game ticket, each teen receives a T-shirt, dinner, a tour, a photo with Blades the Bruins’ mascot, and recognition on the jumbotron during the game.

The teens watched the Bruins battle back to tie the game in the third period, only to eventually lose to Oilers in overtime.

Not all of the Center’s advisory board could attend the Dec. 14 Bruins game, but those who attended were:

• Kiera Donovan
• Caitlyn Edman
• Sophia Greb
• Hodan Gudal
• Cecelia Hampton
• Megan Flannery
• Hannah Levine
• Alexa Michelle
• Isabella Petroni
• Ayushi Shirke
• Megan Sidmore
• Karen Umbiro

The TD Bank Kids’ Clubhouse is a way for TD Bank to makes a difference for children in their communities.

The Framingham Public Library Homework Center provides tutoring, homework and school project help to students.

Originally help was only offered to Framingham middle and high school students, but starting last year the elementary school level was offered help by the Center.

The Homework Center, run by Director Gatlin, usually operates out of the main Framingham Library, but due to the electrical explosion in October, has been operating out of a room at the Boys & Girls Club of MetroWest Pearl Street Clubhouse.

The Homework Center is open Mondays through Thursdays from 2:30 to 5 p.m. for Framingham students in grades K-12.

The Homework Center is funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Students or parents can make appointments to be matched with a tutor by contacting Gatlin at jgatlin@minlib.net

Students, who request help, range from honors students working to excel, to those students struggling in a subject.

Students also are encouraged to drop by for academic support any day, without an appointment. Students may also use the homework center’s computers and printers for homework and projects.

The Homework Center’s Youth Advisory Board, with representatives from Framingham’s middle and high schools help Gatlin in running the Center.

The Youth Board also plans and facilitates events, that raise awareness of both the Center and academics in Framingham.

The board has run town-wide middle school spelling bees and a town-wide middle school geography bee.

The Board also has organized a curriculum-based scavenger hunt, warm clothing and book drives; and twice held fund-raising fashion shows, to benefit the new McAuliffe Library branch fund.