The Schooba Academy
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The Schooba Academy
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Sunday, 23 January 2011
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The Schooba Academy is a nonprofit organization with a mission of fostering a sustained engagement in science for students from low-income communities through the learning of SCUBA diving. We believe that a knowledge of science empowers people to be critical and conscious citizens, and that an authentic, long-term engagement is the best foundation for this knowledge.Announcements
The next pool session for The Schooba Academy is March 13@Waterside Plaza. Stay tuned for more updates!
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Hi Avra! I would love to speak with you further about help - we can certainly use it!
I can talk a mile a minute about the program, and I'd love to fill you in on my ambitions for it, and how volunteers can be used. Could we find a time to chat on the phone? Please feel free to send me an email - zach@schooba.org.
In a nutshell, though:
After the pilot program (or possibly even for the end part of it) I will be looking for a couple different types of volunteers:
- Some people will become tutors, and will commit to visiting a school for 1 hour a week for 9 weeks to tutor a group of no more than 4 kids. I will provide a curriculum and all materials for this.
- Some people will become chaperons for our weekend field trips.
- Some people will help with planning/fundraising/admin stuff, etc.
I will definitely check out those resources!
Can you send me an email to discuss further?
Thanks for your interest!
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Just finished our second pool session with Oceanblue. The kids took a look at some underwater science! Check it out! www.schooba.org
826 days ago
Hey everyone. We just had our first pool session this past Saturday with Oceanblue. Kids from our program got to experience SCUBA for the first time! Read about it here: www.schooba.org
876 days ago