A Year in Pictures
As 2013 winds down, we're taking a moment to look back at everything our students in the Classes of 2013 and 2014 have accomplished. Please check out our archives for more news stories and photos from the year - and have a Happy New Year!
New Interview Project Connects Women in Construction
This year, a record number of women have enrolled in YouthBuild Philly's building trades training program. Thanks to support from the Philadelphia Area Labor Management Committee (PALM) and the hard work of an AmeriCorps VISTA serving at YouthBuild Philly this year, those young women in construction have a newly-formed opportunity to network with other women in [...]
Vocational Training at Trane’s House
Through a connection developed by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, three students in YouthBuild Philly's vocational training program have the opportunity this month to help preserve one of the city's most precious and endangered cultural treasures - the John Coltrane House. Built at the start of the 20th century, this house on North 33rd Street [...]
Penn GSE Students Volunteer, Study Communications at YouthBuild
Today's blog post was written by William Ramsey, YouthBuild Philly's Volunteer Coordinator.YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School had the pleasure of partnering with University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education (Intercultural Communication Program) during the Fall 2013 semester. Intercultural Communication Program students, Mengsu Kong (Sue) and Yilin Niu (Sabrina) participated in community service projects with YouthBuild Philly students [...]
With YouthBuild We Can: Brayell’s Story
“The staff at YouthBuild Philly made it clear that they were going to hold me to high standards, and pushed me to be my best. They believed in me, even when I didn’t believe in myself. Now I feel like I have the potential and motivation to take on anything I want to achieve. The school [...]
With YouthBuild We Can: Bianca’s Story
“At YouthBuild I always felt connected. I looked forward to the hands-on learning, the worksite, and my classes. I wanted to be in school, and I’d never felt that way before. After YouthBuild I was employed at EducationWorks, and was inspired by my mentors at YouthBuild to be a mentor to the young people in that [...]
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