![]() Participants will benefit from both nonprofits' expertise in youth leadership and empowerment. This expedition will depart from HIOBS's mountain base in Newry, ME. Participants will spend five days canoeing, rock climbing, and backpacking - and writing - with Telling Room and HIOBS instructors. Location: HIOBS Newry base, 125 Outward Bound Rd, Newry, ME 04261ĭescription: The Telling Room and the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (HIOBS) are excited to offer this unique collaborative “Writers Expedition” for only $700, thanks to The Whitehead Foundation and other generous supporters.Īfter last year’s incredible success, teaching artist Jenny O’Connell is back and even more excited (if that’s possible) to lead The Telling Room’s portion of this expedition. Many thanks to our Peer Leaders Maleka Stewart (Channel View), Katelyn Riley O’Connor (Channel View), Stiven Vasquez Nunez (Brooklyn Collaborative), Andrew Wong (MELS), Mamona Sajid (Leaders), and Jah-ni Fleary (Kurt Hahn).Times: Drop off on Monday, 8/15 morning (time TBD), pickup on Sunday, 8/21 afternoon (time TBD) And in June at our annual Senior Meet-Up, Peer Leaders helped support and connect students to others across the network who are taking similar post secondary pathways. A pair of Peer Leaders worked together to reach out to directors of Higher Education Opportunity Programs (HEOP) to better understand the academic range of their programs and help our students with their “best fit” college lists. This year, the Peer Leaders conducted in-person workshops to support smoother matriculation to college this fall. Through this program, our Post Secondary Success staff trains a team of our alumni who are currently enrolled in college to act as mentors and provide peer support to younger mentees during their senior year of high school and first year of college. This spring, the Peer Leaders program expanded to include six alumni who work with five network schools. ![]() We look forward to continuing this work in the coming year with the support of a renewed $1.6 million grant from the City and funding from private partners including Bloomingdale’s, Tiger Foundation and New York Community Trust. Why belonging? Research shows that students who feel they have a voice in school are seven times more likely to be academically motivated than those who feel they do not. The Initiative centered around building belonging in schools that demonstrated a need to reengage their communities post-pandemic. Crew Initiative also created camaraderie and a shared sense of purpose among educators from across the city who participated. With tailored one-on-one support from our staff, 49 schools worked on building the capacity to implement, refresh or revision Crew - NYC Outward Bound’s signature advisory and community building program - in their school communities this year. Thanks to a $1.575 million grant from the City, NYC Outward Bound Schools kicked off its very first Crew Initiative cohort in October 2021, representing the largest expansion of Crew programming to date. July 1 marks our 35th anniversary as an organization. As we celebrate, we honor the past - the strong foundation of expertise that has led us this far - and look toward the future, ready to continue this critical work with new, innovative ideas.Ĭrew Initiative Launches in Partnership with the Department of Education For us at NYC Outward Bound Schools, this meant helping our school partners re-engage and rebuild strong school communities centered around belonging. For educators in New York City, this historic transition back to the classroom presented an opportunity to reimagine existing structures to ensure all students were engaged and supported, and to make important steps toward educational equity. ![]() The 2021-22 school year saw the return to in-person learning after two years of hybrid and remote school. NYC Outward Bound Schools celebrates 35th anniversary as school year comes to a closeįor the past three and a half decades, NYC Outward Bound Schools has pivoted to meet the changing needs of our schools, students and educators - and this year was no different.
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