For the 2nd year in a row, WABC dropped by our College Application March – this time at our Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS) – and expressed appreciation for what has become our annual tradition.
News 12 Bronx visited our Validus Preparatory Academy’s 2nd annual College Application March on the Bathgate campus in the South Bronx.
News 12 Brooklyn reported live from our Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders’ 2nd annual College Application March in Bensonhurst Brooklyn.
The Staten Island Advance visited our Gaynor McCown School’s College Application March, where it captured the “cheers… shouts and whoops” of younger students who turned out to cheer the marching seniors on. Also in attendance was the supportive student body of our Marsh Avenue middle school.
The Giving Library, a curated video archive for philanthropists in search of worthy non-profits, produced this video about our work, our mission, our history, and our achievements.
NY1 invited NYC Outward Bound Schools principals Alyce Barr, Matt Brown and Brett Kimmel to discuss education issues as Mayor Bloomberg’s administration closes out its term and educators prepare for the new deBlasio administration. The panel was recorded live from downtown Manhattan’s Talking Transitions tent.
On the anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, WABC reporter Art McFarland returned to our Channel View School for Research, which was shut down after the hurricane. He reports on how the school and students are faring, including the school’s new partnership for rebuilding with Habitat for Humanity.
Staten Island Advance explores our Gaynor McCown School’s “Intensives,” in which students study one subject in great depth for a week. One intensive, Passport to Adventure, Passport to Adventure, included a visit with long-distance swimmer Dyana Nyad; the intensive’s goals included learning the importance of risk, challenge and discovery, and building teamwork and leadership skills.
Principal Brett Kimmel of our Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School is today’s subject of Fox News’ Good Day New York. Kimmel shares his beliefs on what it takes to make a great public school.
NYC Outward Bound Schools joined nonprofit, public and private sector leaders from all over the world at the Third Annual Concordia Summit, where our Chief Advancement Officer Paola Vita joined our Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School principal Brett Kimmel and Capital One Bank’s Northeast Regional President and Commercial Banking President Michael Slocum in a panel discussion on how our partnership has helped WHEELS’ advance high student achievement for all.