Read Richard Stopol’s collection of essays “Education the Outward Bound Way.”
Ish, a former student, needed some guidance (and encouragement) from his NYC Outward Bound Schools mentor to make the next step in his college career.
The MAELS choir walked away from PA’s Music in the Parks choral competition with a first-place trophy as well as the festival’s “Esprit de Corps” award.
How do you address tragedy in the the classroom? West End Secondary knew they had to try.
In this EdWeek post, WHEELS teacher Anthony Voulgarides and two of his twelfth-grade English Language Arts students, Ahlenne and Hamlet, talk about creating work that matters, in and out of the classroom.
Clad in orange T-shirts, wielding anti-gun-violence signs and yelling “We Matter” down sidewalks in Brooklyn, hundreds of seventh- and eighth-graders from Launch held their second annual school walkout in protest of gun violence in their community.
Check out this Choreopoem written by MELS’ class of 2021, peformed at the 2018 Gala.
Read NYC Outward Bound Schools student Tafura Taslima speech about learning to be a kid again.
At Gaynor McCown, classes stopped for a week in April while students participated in a week-long intensive course in a field they are passionate about, such as learning the history of fashion, how NYPD trains new recruits and the food industry.
NYC Outward Bound Schools student Anna Vera spoke about being a student at Leaders High School at our 2018 Gala.