The City School - a great summer program

The Summer Leadership Program provides sixty diverse teenagers with an exciting, powerful and fun summer of leadership skills, action projects, internships at local nonprofits and challenging seminars to transform themselves into powerful voices for change.

High-school-age students from Boston's diverse neighborhoods, surrounding communities and outlying suburbs enroll and are accepted into the Summer Leadership Program. Youth who have participated have come from high schools including City on a Hill, Needham High, Boston Latin Academy, Beaver Country Day, South Boston High, English High, Newman Prep, Brighton High and many others.

Once accepted into the Summer Leadership Program, students participate in a two-night overnight retreat in order to explore common bonds and build a sense of community. Then they launch into six and a half weeks of intensive seminar learning, service work, and concrete community action projects. Seminars go deep into topics such as education, health, immigration, community organizing, housing, homelessness, and more. Students meet daily in a large assembly, break into small groups for their seminars, share lunch together, intern two days a week at local nonprofits, and develop meaningful Community Action Projects implemented throughout the city.

"I found myself invested in a larger community. This experience made me value not only where I came from, but also where I could go."-- Paulette Johnson, Summer Leadership Program, 1996; first assistant in the Grads Program, 1999

TO APPLY: Teens must complete the 2009 Program Application form, schedule an interview, and provide references and a 2-page essay. Once a student is accepted, parents must sign permission and health forms and will be asked to make a family pledge toward the program.

Apply by clicking here

YUGA (Youth United for Global Action and Awareness) Summer Leadership Camp 2009

What is YUGA Leadership Camp

YUGA Leadership Camp is a peer education program designed to help youth build their skills and gain in-depth knowledge on issues affecting youth around the world.

YUGA camp will give youth the resources and skills they need to go back to their schools and communities trained and energized to tackle global issues.
YUGA Camp Themes  Leadership, Team Building, Public Speaking and more.
Global Issues include: Poverty, HIV/AIDS, Climate Change/Environment and Child Exploitation, Fair trade, Community Organizing, Advocacy and presentations from international participants.
Important Information
Date: July 19-25, 2009
Location: Camp Aldersgate North Scituate, RI
                  www.campaldersgate.com
Cost: $250 (includes 6 nights of accommodation, 3 meals per day plus snacks, sports, crafts, swimming/boating, high ropes course and more)
Scholarships: Assistance is available for those who qualify.
Participant eligibility- Campers must be between the ages of 13-18 (entering 9-12th grade)
Please visit the camp website for the online application, scholarship instructions, detailed info about camp and more: www.planusa.org/yugaleadershipcamp.
Please contact Kate Ezzes at (401) 737-5770 ext. 1301 or email yuga@planusa.org with any questions.

BAC Summer Academy - Design Exploration for HS students

BAC Summer Academy is still accepting applications. Please remind your students to apply today!

BAC Summer Academy is an interactive design exploration program for high school students. Emphasizing Basic Design Fundamentals, Visual Communication, Verbal Communication, and Professional Standards, its curriculum is aligned to the MA Curriculum Frameworks for Arts and allows students to make connections with the world of design and other disciplines. Upon completion of the program, students have new work to include in their portfolio for college application, and a stronger sense of whether to pursue a design career.

BAC Summer Academy 2009 will take place from July 6th - 31st (M-F, 9:00am - 12:30pm). Enrollment is first-come, first-served and tuition includes materials for the program. Multiple scholarships are available based on financial need as well as through the Houseman/Kirkham Fund established to promote diversity in the design professions.

Reminder: Scholarship applications are due on Friday, May 1st at 5pm.

Visit www.the-bac.edu/summer to learn more. Contact 617.585.0101 or summer@the-bac.edu with questions. 

US Census Jobs for Teens Age 18 and Up

Work by helping with the US Census.  It's easy to apply!  Call their toll-free Jobs line at 1-866-861-2010 and schedule an appointment to take the employment test.  Test takers will get selected by two criteria which include where you live and your test score.

http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/howtoapply.php