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Partnership Details |
Brown University and Columbia Explorers Academy
2008-2009 Activities
- On April 20th, Carolyn Ou, a Brown alumna, organized Brown's first session in its High School Success Workshop Series IXL (I Excel). The topic was Creating an Amazing Life, featuring renowned motivational gurus Jeff and Val Gee of McNeil & Johnson. Brown plans to have several other sessions in this High School Success Workshop Series to inspire Columbia Explorers Academy 7th and 8th grade students to step outside their everyday boundaries and set amazing goals for high school and their careers. Future workshops will cover such skills as "Making it happen," and "Being great with people even when they don't deserve it and you don't feel like it!" and other skills needed to achieve success.
- Alan Leo, a Brown volunteer, attended CEA to participate in Principal for a Day (PFAD) on October 30th. To learn more about PFAD and how your can participate visit the PFAD website.
- Starting on 1 November 2008 Brown alumni began their Saturday writing workshops to target students identified by their teachers as ones who could most benefit from one-on-one attention. They have a unique way of developing writing skills by focusing on topics such as newpaper headlines and travel writing. Alumni will work with students from 10AM to noon on the following dates:
- 1 November 2008
- 6 December 2008
- 10 January 2009
- 7 February 2009
- 7 March 2009
- 28 March 2009
- 2 May 2009
 The presentation starts out by focusing on the reasons students should care about their higher education |
 CEA students listen to Jeff's advice and catch endless laughs from his light humor |
 Jeff uses brain surgeon Alfredo Quinones' story about turning the little he had into everything |
2007-2008 Activities
- On 20 October 2007 Brown alumni began a new biweekly Saturday tutoring program that will target students identified by their teachers as those who could most benefit from one-on-one attention. Alumni will tutor students from 10AM to noon on every other Saturday.
- The Brown group is planning to mentor 8th graders at Columbia and help them to prepare for the transition to high school.
2006-2007 Activities
- Brown alumni held their first activity at Columbia Explorers Academy on March 29, 2007 when 10 volunteers helped out with Family Reading Night.
- Two doctors who attended Brown spoke at a Career Day on April 26, 2007.
- Volunteers participated in Columbia's International Night in May 2007.
Page updated 1 May 2009
