Young Women's Political Leadership Program - Applications currently available!

The Young Women’s Political Leadership Program (YWPL) introduces high school girls to the importance of women in political leadership.

With an emphasis on practical skills, participants learn from experts in the field of public speaking, messaging, networking, on-camera media training, and platform development. Young women candidates and elected officials speak to the girls about what it is like to run for political office as a young woman, how to get involved on a local level, and why they feel it is important that more women are elected.  The goal of the week-long program is to encourage the girls to channel their leadership into politics.

This program has been held in Washington, DC since 2007 and is the flagship program of Running Start. The program will held in Washington, DC from July 18-23, 2011 and is entirely free to participants! Travel scholarships to Washington are available for those in need.

Young women who are interested in the Young Women’s Political Leadership Program are encouraged to apply early for the 2011 program!

The application deadline is February 16th, 2011.

In Spring 2009, Running Start opened the application process for their July 2009 program and they received 30,000 applications for the 50 spaces that their program accommodates.

2011 EIL applications are available!

 Are you interested in traveling abroad and learning about new cultures? If so, you are invited to apply to the Experiment in International Living (EIL) (www.experimentinternational.org/).

EIL is a challenging, three-five week summer abroad program that combines a cross-cultural orientation and homestay with a focus on cultural immersion and thematic exploration. The program immerses students into a new culture where they have an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of how to communicate across cultural, national, racial and linguistic borders while also engaging in day-to-day activities with a host family.

 Themes that EIL programs explore include: language training, ecology, community service, regional issues, theatre, the arts, cooking, sustainable development/fair trade, and/or photography.

If you are interested in applying to EIL this year, contact Mr. Cotton for an application. Please note: complete applications are due to Mr. Cotton by Wednesday, March 9.

Paid Internship Available for Seniors: Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media

 Seniors who plan to attend a four year college in the fall, have at least a 3.0 GPA and have an interest in media, business, computer science, engineering or technology, are invited to apply for a PAID internship through the Emma L. Bowen Foundation to work at television stations and media companies. 

 

The Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create career opportunities in the media industry for minority youth through a program that focuses on scholastic achievement, direct work experience and professional development.

 In addition to being PAID during the internship, students will also receive a matching fund scholarship. The internship will last throughout their college years: if selected, each summer until the student graduates from college, they will have the opportunity to work and gain valuable experience from industry professionals.

The Emma L. Bowen Foundation is now accepting applications for multi-year internships beginning the summer of 2011 in the cities listed below:

Atlanta, Georgia

Bristol, Connecticut

Greensboro, North Carolina

Horsham, Pennsylvania

Miami, Florida

New York/New Jersey

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Silver Spring, Maryland

Washington, DC

 The deadline for applications has been extended to Tuesday, February 15, 2011

and applications should be mailed to:

Attention: New Applications

Emma L. Bowen Foundation

524 West 57^th Street

New York, NY 10019

Have an interest in visual or performing arts or creative writing? The Putney School has what you're looking for!

The Putney School Summer Program offers students an opportunity to explore the visual arts, performing arts, and creative writing, as well a Farm Program. The following workshops are available over the summer at The Putney School:

Arts workshops
Visual Arts includes animation, ceramics, drawing, filmmaking, glass arts, jewelry, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textile design & fiber arts
and wearable arts.

Performing Arts includes theater, modern dance, audio art, chamber music, music composition, songwriting and vocal ensemble.
Students work with professional artists, dancers, actors and musicians in intensive workshops and studios.

 

Creative Writing workshops
Creative writing students work with authors to create, critique and publish poems, short stories and plays. The Creative Writing workshops focus on Fiction Writing, Poetry Writing,
Playwriting and Writing Intensive.

Farm Program
Students have an opportunity to learn about sustainable agriculture on The Putney School's working farm which includes a dairy herd, small animals (pigs, sheep, turkeys and chickens) and vegetable gardens. Students can also learn about horsemanship.

Applications are currently being accepted!

While The Putney School is currently accepting applications, there is no application deadline. However, applications are accepted on a rolling basis so you are encouraged to apply early!

Financial aid is also available. The deadline for applying for financial aid is March 1! Aid is awarded based on the financial needs of the family, the ability of the student, the enrollment needs of the program, and the resources available in the financial aid fund. Please contact Mr. Cotton (202-248-7773) if you would like a financial aid form.

Looking for a summer job? Check out the Casey Trees Summer Crew!

The Casey Trees Summer Crew is a team of highly motivated high school students who serve as caretakers for the District’s trees for eight weeks in the summer.

General responsibilities include watering, weeding, mulching, tracking tree condition and educating the public about basic tree care. Crew members travel by truck or street bike. When not caring for the District’s trees, crew members participate in a series of career development activities.

This summer job opportunity requires a full-time commitment from June through August 2011.

 

Crew members earn $9.00 an hour and work 35 hours/week, Monday – Friday. In addition to caring for trees, crew members participate in exciting activities such as tree climbing, meeting new people and giving back to the community.

 Casey Trees is currently accepting applications! All applications must be completed and submitted online by May 1, 2011.

In addition to the application, you must include an essay and two references and be:

• Either enrolled in or just graduating from a Washington Metro area high school;
• 16 years or older;
• Willing to work outdoors in all weather conditions with a
  variety of landscaping tools and equipment;
• Interested in learning about and caring for trees; and
• A great team player.

Please note: You will have to complete the online application in one sitting. You cannot save your work and return later to complete it. Although you may write the essay directly into the essay field, it is advised you write in another format such as Word and then copy and paste your essay into the essay field.

The number of available Summer Crew positions is limited and the selection process is extremely competitive. Final decisions will determined by the end of May 2011.

Princeton University's Summer Journalism Program

The Princeton University’s Summer Journalism Program invites 20 dynamic juniors to Princeton's campus for an intensive, 10-day seminar on journalism. The program's goal is to diversify college and professional newsrooms by encouraging outstanding students to pursue careers in journalism. All expenses, including students' travel costs to and from Princeton, are paid for by the program. Students who attend the program come from across the country.

Classes at the program are taught by reporters and editors from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The New Yorker, CNN and ABC News, among other media outlets. Students tour the Times, CNN and The Daily Beast; cover a professional sporting event (a Yankees, Mets, Jets, Liberty or minor league baseball game); cover news events in the Princeton area; film and produce a TV segment; conduct an investigative project; author a group blog; and report, write, edit and design their own newspaper, The Princeton Summer Journal, which is published on the program's last day.

 

The program is also designed to give students a taste of what life is like at one of the best colleges in the country—students live on campus and eat in one of the university's cafeterias—and to prepare them to apply to top schools. Students meet with Princeton's top professors as well as the school's president and its dean of admissions. Students attend seminars on every aspect of the college admissions process. They also take a practice SAT and attend an SAT class taught by the Princeton Review. 

The program's 2010 schedule can be found here. After students return home, program staff remain in contact with them, assisting them during the college application process and helping them to apply for journalism internships once they are in college.

To apply for the program, you must meet the following qualifications:

• You must currently be a junior in high school.
• You must live in the continental United States.
• You must have at least an unweighted 3.5 grade point average
  (out of 4.0).
• You must have an interest in journalism. 

Please note: The application deadline is Friday, February 4, 2011. The combined income of your custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) plus child support payments, if any, must not exceed $45,000. (If the combined income of your custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) plus child support payments, if any, exceeds $45,000 and you still wish to apply, you may attach a statement explaining why you believe your family qualifies as financially under-resourced.)

Community of Scholars program - American University

 American University’s School of International Service is offering a Community of Scholars program where rising juniors and seniors can participate in one of the following three-credit college courses:

• Worlds Apart, Worlds Together:
  Conflict, Culture, and Cooperation
• Diplomacy and Dictators:
  U.S. Foreign Policy in an Uncertain World
• Living and Dying in the 21st Century:
  The Global Politics of Health and the Environment

 The courses can be taken in the following program formats:

Program I: July 11-July 29, 2011, a three-week, non-residential, on-campus program. Students attend class daily from 9am to 12 noon, followed by lunch and optional afternoon activities, including site visits to Washington institutions (such as the State Department, Pentagon, and Embassies), guest speakers, as well as optional skills-building workshops, including programs on studying abroad 

and finding internships in International Relations.

No campus housing is available as students will commute to AU.

Program II: July 11-August 5, 2011 (July 31-August 5 in residence on AU campus). This is a four-week hybrid program, combining online learning with a residential component. During the first three weeks, students access lectures and engage in classroom discussion with their professor and peers via a web portal using podcasts, video lectures, blogs, and other web 2.0 features. The online material is accessed at home at hours that suit students’ schedules. In the fourth week, students reside on AU’s campus for a final capstone experience which includes visits to Washington institutions (such as the State Department and Pentagon), lectures, discussions, and a final group research project. Students live in AU dorms and eat in AU’s cafeteria, providing students with a full, on-campus experience.

Program III: July 11- August 5, 2011. This is a four-week, online learning program. During the entire four weeks, students study online, taking full advantage of the flexibility of this learning format. Students access lectures and engage in classroom discussion with their professor and peers via a web portal using podcasts, video lectures, blogs, and other web 2.0 features. The online material is accessed at home at hours that suit students’ schedules. Students have full access to AU’s electronic library resources.

If you are interested in applying to the Community of Scholars program, complete the application by May 1, 2010.