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Our Partners Global Kids Founded in 1989, Global Kids seeks to prepare urban youth to become global citizens and community leaders and ensure that young people of diverse backgrounds have the knowledge, skills, and experiences they need to succeed in school and the workplace and participate in the shaping of public policy and international relations. The organization accomplishes its goals through comprehensive programs in the classroom and after school that emphasize cooperative learning, collaborative problem-solving, global education, and academic improvement. Students in the classroom explore the relationships between their own, immediate experience, current domestic and international issues, and the required curriculum. Youth in Global Kids' leadership programs engage in the study of world and local issues and in intensive training to develop critical thinking, communication, and group facilitation skills. The youth involved in our leadership program demonstrate a high school graduation rate of 98% and 95% go on to college, many with scholarships based on their leadership ability. Contact Info: Global Kids, Inc. (p)212.226.0130 (f)212.226.0137 hsgc@globalkids.org www.globalkids.org Safe Horizon Safe Horizon is the nation's leading victim asistance organization. It serves over 350,000 people every year who have been impacted by violence. Safe Horizon's school-based programs include the provision of a full-time social worker at a aschool site to provide counseling and support services to students. HSGC will be one of eight schools throughout New York City that will be benefitting from Safe Horizon's Safe Harbor School Program which has the goal of preventing violence and promoting healthy coping and communciation skills among students who have experienced violence in their homes, their schools and/or their communities. One of the primary programs at HSGC's Safe Harbor will be the Teen Relationship Abuse Prevention Program (RAPP). For more information about the Safe Harbor Programs at HSGC, contact HSGC Teen RAPP Social Worker Anupama Kalyanam at akalyanam@safehorizon.org. ACRES (American Civil Rights Education Services) ACRES will be offering an after school course on the United States Civil Rights Movement to HSGC students. Students will take part in a year long course which will immerse them in the people, places and actions central to the struggle for Civil Rights in the United States. The course will also give students the opportunity to participate in a travel experience to the landmarks of the key events in the Civil Rights movement. For more information, contact Brad Haggerty. |
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