Yesterday Clare and I took ten StreetSquash students on a trip to Philadelphia for Get Out the Vote canvassing with POWER, an interfaith, non-partisan organization. The day kicked off bright and early with a trip to CC rental and luckily no marathon-related traffic. 10 of our 11 kids showed up nearly on time to StreetSquash and...

This weekend I traveled with 11 student to Harrison, NY for the Lifetime Athletics Silver tournament. There were a lot of highlights from the weekend with all the students being troopers traveling back and forth. There were four different grades represented at the tournament and all the students were interacting and getting along with one another. A few...

Career Night last night was our biggest yet! We had 18 professionals from a wide variety of careers (lawyer, research scientist, nurse, IT specialist, cabinet maker, financial analyst, consultant...the list goes on), and 41 students present. After breaking the ice over some pizza and a game, students settled in to talking with the volunteers in...

This weekend Edgardo and I chaperoned the First College Prep trip of the year. We took 17 sophomores and juniors up to Albany Friday afternoon. The students really enjoyed dinner at Chili’s; Ben battled through a plate of wings that eventually bested him as Issey stepped in to handle the fiery buffalo sauce. Saturday started dark,...