Kaya Gap Year: Community Volunteering in Jamaica

Russell Education provides private, one-on-one and online tutoring to students at schools in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and the surrounding suburbs. We work with students in grades K-12 (and some beyond) who need assistance in organization and planning, study skills, subject-area tutoring, and standardized test prep. The tutoring staff includes the Director, David Russell, and a current roster of over 40 other tutors. The team can tutor nearly any subject in grades K-12 (and some college level subjects as well). Many of our tutors come by referral from members of the team. All tutors are interviewed and undergo reference checks. During the intake process, we engage clients in a wide-ranging initial conversation and often gather information from teachers, therapists, and other sources, in order to begin with a clear profile of the student. Tutors keep notes on each of their sessions, which are reviewed periodically. David is available for consultation with parents, tutors, and others on an as-needed basis. In the past 15 years, we have served hundreds of students at: Bancroft Beaver Country Day Belmont Academy Belmont Hill Brimmer & May BB&N Cambridge Friends Cambridge School of Weston Dedham Country Day Dexter Southfield Fay Fayerweather Street School Gann Academy Hillside Maimonides Milton Academy Nobles Riverbend Rivers Solomon Schecter Thacher Montessori Thayer Walnut Hill as well as public schools in: Belmont Boston Brookline Lexington Milton Needham Newton Dover Wayland Wellesley Weston Westwood. SUBJECTS: Executive Function Skills Organization Study Skills English (including particular difficulties with reading and writing) History Math (including college-level topics) Science (physics, chemistry, biology) Languages (French, Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Chinese) Orton-Gillingham and Wilson Test prep (SSAT / ISEE / AP / SAT / ACT / SAT / SAT Subject Tests / GRE / GMAT) ESL and ELL (including TOEFL prep)

A new 12-week, full-time intensive drawing course designed for a small cohort of students who want to develop foundational creative skills and their powers of visual reasoning. Broaden your creative thinking and problem-solving skills through an immersive fine art course tailored to school leavers. Over one term, students will become part of a creative community and learn how drawing can be the starting point for all creative disciplines. Classes include tuition on painting, printmaking and sculpture. This structured, practice-led course has been created to build student's confidence in visual literacy, and to stimulate links between the arts and other disciplines, preparing students for university and professional life. BENEFITS OF THE COURSE - Learn foundational skills-based drawing techniques from an experienced faculty - Join a diverse but small cohort of students - Have space to decide where you want to take your further education or professional development - Choose courses from a wide range of mediums, including drawing into painting, sculpture, illustration and printmaking - Cultivate your personal sense of creativity and problem-solving abilities - Apply your visual analytical skill to other disciplines - Develop visual knowledge by building your own syllabus from a wide array of classes - Interrogate our complex visual world and explore diverse viewpoints WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR? The short intensive nature of the course will benefit a range of students, including: - School leavers who are unresolved about their future path - Students who already have a confirmed place at university - Those who have a job or apprenticeship lined up - Those who wanted to study art at school but prioritised other subjects

Khan Academy offers free, online practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. Our mission is to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. We tackle math, science, computing, history, art history, economics, and more, including K-14 and test preparation (SAT, Praxis, LSAT) content. We focus on skill mastery to help learners establish strong foundations, so there's no limit to what they can learn next! Courses offered include traditional academic subjects like Math, Science, Engineering, Arts, and Humanities, as well as SAT and AP Test Prep. Khan Academy also offeres courses on College Admission, Career Exploration, Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship.

The mission of Kids' Meals is to end childhood hunger by delivering free healthy meals to the doorsteps of Greater Houston's hungriest preschool-aged children and through collaboration provide their families with resources to help end the cycle of poverty. More than 20-60 volunteers daily share their time to prepare meals in Kids' Meals' beautiful, centrally located kitchen and YOU can be one of them. Volunteering is a blast! While in the kitchen, volunteers play music, chat, laugh, dance, sing, have sandwich making speed competitions, and have a joyful time while making meals. Other volunteer opportunities include packing, sorting donations, miscellaneous tasks, and more! there's a place for everyone. All volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, please visit the Kids' Meals website.