There are several must-stops on a tour of the country’s very best charter schools: In California, High Tech High schools are flat out striking, and Summit founder Diane Tavenner may be personally re-inventing American high schools.
In Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, seeing an IDEA school in action is inspiring (Take your passport; don’t ask why, just do it). Newark’s North Star Academy may have the busiest visit/scheduler in the country. Boston has too many great charters to choose from (Okay, Brooke is a personal favorite) and a KIPP school anywhere warrants a visit just to see its unique student culture in motion.
A new addition to the top of my personal must-see list: New York’s Mott Haven Academy. Who? That’s an understandable reaction. Click here to read the full article.
NYC’s Haven Academy, a Bronx Breakthrough Serving Kids in Foster Care That Carmen Farina Has Yet to Visit
There are several must-stops on a tour of the country’s very best charter schools: In California, High Tech High schools are flat out striking, and Summit founder Diane Tavenner may be personally re-inventing American high schools.
In Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, seeing an IDEA school in action is inspiring (Take your passport; don’t ask why, just do it). Newark’s North Star Academy may have the busiest visit/scheduler in the country. Boston has too many great charters to choose from (Okay, Brooke is a personal favorite) and a KIPP school anywhere warrants a visit just to see its unique student culture in motion.
A new addition to the top of my personal must-see list: New York’s Mott Haven Academy. Who? That’s an understandable reaction. Click here to read the full article.
Helping Kids Be Kids in Putnam Valley
Tucked away in Putnam Valley is a safe haven for New York City’s children in foster care and the child welfare system. Every summer, the team at The New York Foundling, along with our partners at The Felix Organization, provide a carefree experience to approximately 90 of these children each week who many never have had the opportunity to have travel outside of the City, or even out of their borough.
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When Home Is Tough, Making Students Feel Good At School
Mott Haven Academy’s unique approach to teaching children in the child welfare system includes specialized training for all staff and offering weekly classes on social and emotional skills.
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Putnam Daily Voice | Open House At Putnam Valley Facility Shows Parents Camp Adventures
PUTNAM VALLEY, N.Y. — There are approximately 11,000 children in the child welfare system or foster care in New York. Since 2006, The New York Foundling and The Felix Organization have given the gift of Camp Felix, a sleepaway camp in Putnam Valley, to over 1,000 of these children.
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This Go-Getter Knows That Doing Good Is Great For Business
Bethany Lampland is taking action to prove that doing good is great for business. “I’ve seen the magic that happens when human altruism and corporate America’s ambitions fit together, when the tension between maximizing profits and doing good are resolved because doing good is good for business,” says Bethany.
Bethany is the 37-year-old Chief Operating Office of The New York Foundling, a non-profit with a 146-year legacy of providing services to empower disadvantaged children and families — from an abused child in need of a foster home, to a young mother who lacks the skills to care for her child, or a young person lost in the juvenile justice system.
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Empowering Youth in Child Welfare and Foster Care Through the Gift of Sleep-Away Camp
Many readers have experienced the magic of summer camp–days spent basking in the sun, swimming and splashing around the pool or lake, playing sports, running around, making new friends, and enjoying beautiful summer nights around a campfire telling ghost stories. Those were the days we lived for as children and the joys we hope our children will know as well. In addition, summer camp instills in children a reliance on daily structure and responsibility for the care of personal items and surroundings, lessons that sneak in amongst the fun and friends.
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Telemundo 47 | Street Art Reaches the Bronx
Telemundo 47 | Street Art Reaches the Bronx
An artist from Brazil came to the Bronx for, alongside students, change the facade of a school with his vision of hope and talent to create urban art. Click here to view the video.
News 12 The Bronx | Brazilian Artist Brightens Up Mott Haven Academy
A Brazilian artist has turned a brown building into a rainbow of colors in the Bronx.
Artist Nove brought the tropical culture of Brazil to the Mott Haven Academy with some help from students.
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DNAinfo New York | Brazilian Muralist Paints With Mott Haven Students for First Trip to U.S.
MOTT HAVEN — A Brazilian artist inspired by The Bronx’s legacy of graffiti spent Monday painting a mural with students from the Mott Haven Academy Charter School.
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DNA Info | Kids Get Free School Supplies From New York Foundling
Spotlight on The New York Foundling’s Back-to-School Shopping Day. Here, kids in the child welfare system were able to pick out new school supplies and clothes. READ MORE