It is our belief that every aspect of our program's operation affects the children enrolled. The physical environment, staff, activities and services provided contribute to every child's experience.

Statement of Purpose
Eliot Educational Center seeks to provide children with an environment and experience which fosters physical, intellectual, moral, cultural and social development by:

• Taking pride in self, school and community.
• Learning to respect the rights of others.
• Instilling a love of learning and the pursuit of excellence.
• Encouraging habits of good manners, courtesy and cultured speech.
• Cultivating an appreciation of beauty in nature, art and literature.
• Developing a spirit of cooperation with others.
• Making provisions for individual differences with activities "for each child's ability.
• Supplying books with a wide range of interests.
• Encouraging use of community libraries.
• Giving each child experience as a leader and also a team member.
• Providing opportunities to satisfy each child's creative ability (e.g. art and poetry)
• Planning projects and employing methods which involve group experiences.
  Teaching correct social behavior through assembly programs, plays, field trips, etc.
• Providing a wide range of opportunities for children to assume responsibility.
  Utilizing the experiences of each child to promote a good feeling of being part of the group.
• Encouraging discrimination in the selection of what is good and wholesome in art, music, literature, drama and all forms of entertainment.
• Writing a daily journal to enhance creativity in writing,
  Providing opportunities to play, which will develop attitudes of justice, friendly competition, fair play and peaceful cooperation.
• Planning some reading or dramatics "just for fun".

Our History
Rev. Dr. Ozzie L. Edwards, pastor of the Eliot. Congregational Church of Roxbury, had a dream. In 1993, it came true as the Eliot Educational Center was opened. It grew steadily and has become a beacon of education in Roxbury, MA. Although he passed in 2002, Rev. Edwards' dream lives on! 

Our Philosophy
We believe that, given an educational setting in which they feel secure, loved and appreciated, our children can fully develop the talents with which they are naturally endowed. We want every child to gain a strong sense of cultural and self-appreciation. Through this, they will learn to love their neighbors and themselves and will evolve into positive global citizens. We believe that our children will develop their abilities if we give them -A setting where they feel nurtured and taken seriously.

Our Goals and Objectives
We designed our program to reinforce and complement our academic requirements. Our aims are to:

• Encourage constructive use of leisure time
• Increase academic aspiration and achievement'
• Improve cultural awareness and appreciation

If children gain a healthy self-image and enjoy success in school, they are -more likely to grow up to be productive citizens. In the short term, they are less likely to be anti-social.
In the long term, if children have positive feelings about their racial heritage, they are likely to feel better about themselves and to seek out the positive in life, rather than the negative.