Twenty-five ARISE students are participating in various exciting opportunities this summer, meeting part of the school's graduation requirement to participate in two summer programs, including one "cultural immersion" experience as part of their preparation for college. Two ninth graders participated in Camp Start-Up, a young women's business program at Cornell University in New York. Five students in grades nine and ten have already completed or are heading off to Outward Bound courses in the Sierra Nevadas and in Washington state. Six students attended the CES Summer Institute in Portland, Oregon, presenting at a workshop and representing ARISE well. One student is spending a month on the campus of UC Santa Cruz with the Upward Bound program there, and another six students are in the Mills College Upward Bound program. Nine students and one teacher are off to Thailand for a month through AFS.
Many other students are participating in various non-residential local programs such as Eureka, PCA and Peace Camp, as well as ARISE's own first summer school.
It is incredibly exciting to see our young men and women heading off on so many different adventures and we look forward to hearing all of their stories when school starts!
