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Learn more about Yale and New Haven Youth Programs: • Overview • Community Programs • New Haven |
New Haven Youth ProgramsThousands of students each year visit the Yale University Art Gallery, The Yale Center for British Art, and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. The Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art are free and open to the public and attract over 10,000 students each year. The Yale Peabody Museum is also open to the public and offers free return tickets to the families of the over 4,000 New Haven school children who visit each year. Another highlight of Yale's public education outreach is the city-wide Science Fair held on campus. Started in 1993 with 7 participating schools, it has grown to over 50 schools with nearly 9,000 students participating. In addition to sponsoring the event, Yale University faculty, students, and staff serve as judges and mentors. Through these programs (academic, art, and athletic), Yale University continues its commitment to education and New Haven youthAcademic ProgramsAcademic Yale College Courses
America Counts/Yale Reading Corps Info: www.yale.edu/onhsa/youth_amcounts-readcorp.htm
Ben Carson Yale University Book Club
Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena “Experiences for Youth” (CRISPEY) The CRISPEY program offers many activities and events throughout the year that reach out to young students primarily in the New Haven area. Students gain an increased awareness of the importance of Materials Science in their everyday lives through classroom presentations, laboratory demonstrations, laboratory open house events, New Haven Science Fair mentorship, and exciting hands-on workshops. A common goal throughout all of these programs is to make science come alive through real life applications. Young students discover that the science of materials is everywhere around them, particularly at the forefront of cutting edge technology. These educational activities are designed to increase interest and diversity in science and engineering.
Dynamic Education Marvels of Science (DEMOS) Yale student volunteers teach weekly science classes at local elementary schools, using striking demonstrations and hands-on activities to teach basic scientific principles. The DEMOS group also performs science assemblies and planetarium demonstrations for local elementary schools and runs semiannual, day-long science festivals for New Haven families.
EVOLUTIONS After School Program Contact: Jamie Alonzo, Coordinator, at 203-432-6577 or peabody.afterschool@yale.edu
First Mentors: Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program Contact: Greg Brinn, Assistant Athletic Director for Alumni Affairs & Community Outreach, at 203-432-3344 or gregory.brinn@yale.edu
Girls' Science Investigations (GSI) Girls' Science Investigations is a program for middle school girls who are interested in learning more about science. The program meets for four Saturdays at Yale University. This year's themes include The Invisible World, The Material World, The Chemical World and The Mechanical World. Students have an opportunity to observe scientists run demonstrations as well as participate in hands-on experiments. Examples include working with cloud chambers, diffraction gratings, UV Bead Bracelets, photosensitive paper, boiling water with ice and much more! GSI also contains an "Ask a Scientist" session which gives students an opportunity to ask scientist questions about science and careers in science.
Have Bones, Will Travel
Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP)
High School Cooperative Language Program Info: www.yale.edu/macmillan/pier/programs/langcult.htm
Minorities in Medicine Movement Minorities in Medicine Movement promotes diversity in medical professions by encouraging youth interest in medicine. Volunteers strive to inspire and encourage youth from racial/ethnic groups that are underrepresented in medicine, provide these students with resources, practical information, and exciting experiences in the medical field that will nurture their interest in medicine and help them achieve their particular goals. Activities are rooted in mentoring relationships and will include field trips, lectures, panels, and workshops led by physicians, medical students, researchers, and other health professionals and medically-minded individuals.
New Haven Science Fair Program The citywide science fair is held in May at Yale University’s Commons. In conjunction with the science fair event, the New Haven Science Fair Program offers mentoring for students and professional development for teachers in order to help them carry out investigative hands-on science fair projects that promote skills in critical thinking, the scientific process, and research communication. In addition, the program supports Family Science Nights. The New Haven Science Fair Program is administered by the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce. Info: www.nhsciencefair.org
Physics Olympics Contact: Peter Parker, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, at 203-432-3650 or peter.parker@yale.edu
Science Education Outreach Program (SEOP) Info: www.seop.yale.edu
SMArT: Science and Math Achiever Teams SMArT is a mentoring program which pairs Yale University student volunteers with New Haven public school students in grades 5-8. Participants meet once a week with their mentor to work on a math or science project of their choice. At the end of each semester, the students’ projects are displayed at the Science Expo Open house to which the entire community is invited. SMArT also organizes at least one field trip per semester.
Urban Resource Initiative: Info: www.yale.edu/uri/programs/osalp.html
Ulysses S. Grant Foundation Info: www.yale.edu/usgrant
Vincent Mauro Elementary School Bulldog Buddies Mentorship Program Contact: Greg Brinn, Assistant Athletic Director for Alumni Affairs & Community Outreach, at 203-432-3344 or gregory.brinn@yale.edu
Yale Center for Excellence in Genome Sciences & Yale Center for Genomics and Proteomics The Centers offer tours and introductory lessons in genomics and proteomics to Greater New Haven students of all ages and their teachers. Lessons include lectures from Yale University scientists and fun lab activities, such as having the student isolate their own DNA and learn about state-of-the-art biotechnology. We work with the Evolutions, an after school program through the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and other Yale sponsored K-12 science mentoring programs.
Yale Peabody Museum Guided Tours for K-12 School Groups Each year, thousands of students in the New Haven Public School system visit the Yale Peabody Museum. The museum’s school programs address the Connecticut State Learning Standards in the social sciences and language arts, as well as science. The Public Education Department also offers guided and self-guided tours for student groups. Info: www.peabody.yale.edu/education
Yale-New Haven and Area High School Program Contact: Karen DuFer at 203-946-2342
Arts ProgramsAdventures in Art Other New Haven schools or community groups interested partnering with the Gallery for an after-school program may contact Jessica Sack. Contact: Jessica Sack, the Jan and Frederick Mayer Associate Curator of Public Education, 203-432-3706 or jessica.sack@yale.edu
Yale University Art Gallery Guided Tours for K-12 School Groups
Contact: Jessica Sack, the Jan and Frederick Mayer Associate Curator of Public Education, at 203-432-3706 or jessica.sack@yale.edu
Yale University Center for British Art Guided Tours for K-12 School Groups
Info: ycba.yale.edu/education/edu_educ.html
WILL POWER! Contact: Ruth M. Feldman, Manager of Education and Accessibility Services, at 203-432-8425 or rm.feldman@yale.edu
Yale Children's Theater (YCT) Info: www.yale.edu/yct
Athletic ProgramsDixwell-Yale Youth Athletic Program Contact: Greg Brinn, Assistant Athletic Director for Alumni Affairs & Community Outreach, at 203-432-3344 or gregory.brinn@yale.edu
Middle School Sports Clinics
Contact: Greg Brinn, Assistant Athletic Director for Alumni Affairs & Community Outreach, at 203-432-3344 or gregory.brinn@yale.edu
NYPP Basketball League Contact: Greg Brinn, Assistant Athletic Director for Alumni Affairs & Community Outreach, at 203-432-3344 or gregory.brinn@yale.edu
Yale Athletic Department Sports Assemblies and School Visits
New Haven Tennis Outreach (NHTO) NHTO, administered through the Yale Athletics Department, provides free year-round tutoring, tennis lessons, and mentoring to Vincent E. Mauro Elementary Magnet School students providing them with high-quality academic guidance and athletic instruction. Through the combination of athletics and academics a bond is facilitated between students and mentors (Yale varsity coaches, varsity & club team members) that can positively influence the direction of the student’s futures. Students also receive a full scholarship to all four weeks of the Blue & White Championship Tennis Camps held at the Yale tennis courts during the month of July. Contact: Alex Dorato, Cary Leeds Coach of Men’s Tennis, alex.dorato@yale.edu, (203)432-2498 |
Each school year, over 150 Yale students provide 15 hours every week of direct instruction in math and in reading to New Haven Public School students at Timothy Dwight and Wexler-Grant Elementary Schools. Yale tutors work with students after school and on Saturdays and also provide in-class support to teachers during the schools' literacy blocks.
The Ben Carson Yale University Book Club is a reading incentive program offered to all New Haven students in grades 2-6 through the New Haven Reads Book Bank, the Dixwell-Yale University Community Learning Center, and participating school libraries. 
EVOLUTIONS (EVOking Learning and Understanding Through Investigations of the Natural Sciences) is an after-school program for New Haven Public middle and high school students. EVOLUTIONS runs for an entire academic year and emphasizes science literacy, critical thinking, college preparation, career awareness, mentorships, community service, and transferable skills development. 
Have Bones, Will Travel is a program offered by the Yale School of Nursing to elementary, middle, and high schools in New Haven. The program aims to educate students about the marvels of the human body through creative and fun activities in order to better understand the decisions that impact their long-term health.
HPREP is a nationwide high school science enrichment program aimed at recruiting African-American, Native American, and Latino high school students into careers in the sciences and health professions. Each year 40-50 New Haven high school students attend eight Saturday sessions run by Yale minority graduate and professional students. Students participate in small group discussions on various health topics within medicine and public health. A special emphasis is placed on health issues disproportionately affecting minority communities. 
Yale graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the sciences teach interactive genetics lessons at New Haven middle schools. SEOP seeks to educate students about genetics and DNA, inspire them to pursue scientific careers, and demystify stereotypes they may have about scientists.
Open Spaces as Learning Places teaches New Haven students in grade 6 about environmental stewardship through exploration of city parks and community green spaces in their neighborhoods. This program combines classroom learning of ecological concepts with fun outdoor activities. 
U.S. Grant offers a six-week summer program on the Yale campus for New Haven middle school students. In the morning, Yale undergraduates teach interactive classes in English and Math and conduct sports and extracurricular activities in the afternoon. In addition, students enjoy a variety of local and regional field trips. Financial aid is available. 
Adventures in Art is a four-week, after-school art program for middle school students at Celentano Museum Academy and high school students at the Dixwell-Yale University Community Learning Center. The program takes place at the Yale University Art Gallery and, with the guidance of the Gallery's education staff, Yale undergraduate volunteers create and lead the program and explore interdisciplinary themes in art and art making with the students.
Each year, every 3rd grade student in the New Haven Public School system visits the Yale University Art Gallery. The museum's school programs address the Connecticut State Learning Standards in the visual arts, performing arts, social studies, and language arts. The Education Department also offers guided and self-guided tours for student groups. 
Each year, every 3rd grade student in the New Haven Public School system visits the Yale Center for British Art. The museum's school programs address the Connecticut State Learning Standards in the visual arts, performing arts, social studies, and language arts. The Education Department also offers guided and self-guided tours for student groups. 
WILL POWER! is the Yale Repertory Theater's educational initiative designed to engage middle and high school students from around Connecticut in the world of theater. The program features special matinee performances for school groups, free workshops for teachers, study guides, and post-performance discussions with members of the company. 
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Yale coaches and student-athletes offer sports clinics once a month to all New Haven middle schools. Sports clinics take place in Yale athletic facilities and are comprised of drills, scrimmage games, skill demonstrations, and an educational component. Sports offered include soccer, basketball, lacrosse, field hockey, crew, tennis, and ice hockey. 