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Thank You, Graduating UP Youth Facilitators!

Please join us in expressing gratitude to our graduating Youth Facilitators and Leaders!

Best of luck on the next step of your journeys.

Top row left to right: Emma Grasso (Milton High School, VT), Adam Porterfield (Harwood Union High School, VT), Sarah Hannan (Farmington High School, CT), Sanjana Harihara (Farmington High School, CT), Amelia Guerin (Twinfield Union High School, VT)

Second row left to right: Gabe Hall (Montpelier High School, VT), Jacob Shron (Monument Mountain High School, MA), Subomi Adediji (Concord High School, DE), Leyah Eggleston (Mount Pleasant High School, DE), Avery Hemingway (Milton High School, VT)

Third row left to right: Kaley Mora (Twin Valley High School, VT), Maisie Franke (Harwood Union High School, VT), Tayla Henson (Piney Woods School, MS), Dahlia Logan (Monument Mountain High School, MA), Ella Dice (Harwood Union High School, VT)

Fourth row left to right: Baylee Rock (Milton High School, VT), Sara Ambrose (Milton High School, VT)

Not pictured: Jeswin Antony (Harwood Union High School, VT), Ayanna Wells (Piney Woods School, MS), Coyah Mosher-Camara (Montpelier High School, VT), Cale Ellingson (Montpelier High School, VT), Natalia Johnson (Mount Pleasant High School, DE)

UP Youth Facilitator Adam Porterfield Reflects on His Senior Year in Story for Vermont Public

On June 5th, Harwood Union High School senior and UP for Learning Youth Facilitator Adam Porterfield was featured in a story on Vermont Public about his senior year, and what it has been like to return to "normal" after attending high school during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is a thoughtful and powerful reflection that provides valuable insight into the many ways the pandemic has impacted the school experience of youth. Have a listen below!

Listen to Adam's Reflection Here

Help UP end the fiscal year strong so we can support MORE youth leaders in the 2023-2024 academic year!

Welcome, Kaveh!

UP for Learning is pleased to welcome Kaveh Abu Khaleel as our 2023 summer intern. Kaveh is a rising sophomore at Middlebury College. They plan to major in International and Global Studies, with a concentration on Middle Eastern Studies, and are passionate about inclusivity in educational spheres and curriculums.

Kaveh will be assisting our staff with updating our curriculum resources and website, data analysis, and more! They will also be conducting a research project exploring youth and adult partnership in Hong Kong, where they currently reside.

We are so excited that you are joining the UP team, Kaveh!

Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability Teams Celebrate Successful Year of Community Action

Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability (CPS), a joint program of UP for Learning and Shelburne Farms brings together youth and adults from around the world to connect and collaborate as they enact projects in their communities. The program provides teams with the resources, vision, and foundation to create action projects rooted in youth-adult partnership and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Over the 2022-2023 school year, teams created local projects that will have lasting change.

Burke Town School in Vermont completed their CPS journey with the entire 8th grade! Humanities teacher Brandon Mazur led the group through the year-long process, with students working in small groups on ten total projects, including creating a gaga ball pit at their school, building a community garden, putting together backpacks filled with essentials for unhoused members of their community, and many more! Throughout the year, the teams learned how to write grants, engaged community partners, and identified key supporters in getting their projects completed. On June 6th, each group presented their projects to members of their community and younger grades as a celebratory way to honor their hard work.

Read The Full Story Here

Interested in Bringing CPS to Your Learning Community? Learn More Here!

UP's Getting to "Y" Program Featured in the Daily Hampshire Gazette!

EASTHAMPTON, MA — A yearlong pilot program called “Getting to Y” is helping a group of city high school students gain a better understanding of what their peers are going through when it comes to a variety of health-related concerns, ranging from suicidal thoughts and the unfair treatment of students of color to perceptions of substance use.

Read The Full Article Here

Wondering what youth-adult partnership and youth participatory action research (YPAR) can look like at the elementary school level? Learn more about P2C2 below.

Interested in Bringing P2C2 to Your Learning Community? Learn More Here!

At UP we believe that youth should experience youth-adult partnership throughout their educational journey. Wondering what a full systems approach could look like? Read more below.