The Brooklyn Downtown Star, a weekly hyper-local paper, included coverage of the 10th anniversary College March on its website.
More than 2,000 seniors — from 28 high schools nationwide, including nine NYC Outward Bound Schools across all five boroughs in New York City — joined in a virtual celebration of the College March on Friday, December 11. This year marked the College March’s 10th anniversary.
Pascale Florestal has been named as the recipient of the inaugural Greg Farrell Award.
Jessica Sasko, Director of College Supports at NYC Outward Bound Schools, discusses the challenges that many NYC seniors are facing as they apply to college in unprecedented times.
Four students from WHEELS, a NYC Outward Bound School in Washington Heights, matched with their dream schools through the Questbridge program.
Hear from two young alumni — Alexandra Shoneyin (Gaynor McCown ’16) and John Fleurimond (James Baldwin ’13) — about their post-secondary journeys.
Kurt Hahn, a NYC Outward Bound School that serves 99% Black and Brown students came together as a community of educators and learners to develop an actionable plan following the murder of George Floyd.
NYC Outward Bound Schools teachers, staff and students were forced to get creative when schools closed their doors in the spring. As we now face a similar situation, we look back on what worked best in our pivot to the virtual world.
This fall, NYC Outward Bound Schools rolled out its first Virtual Crew Expedition, a reimagined course with the same community building goals as a traditional wilderness expedition.
NYC Outward Bound Schools’ 2020 Impact Report is a celebration of the creativity, courage and community that our students and staff embodied during this challenging year.