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Living Classrooms Foundation

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1417 Thames St / DC: 515 M St SE suite 222, Wash DC 20003
Baltimore, MD 21231

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Living Classrooms operates in both Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC to strengthen communities and inspire young people to achieve their potential through hands-on education and job training, using urban, natural, and maritime resources as "living classrooms."

Our shipboard programs provide unique experiential education opportunities for all ages aboard historic Chesapeake Bay workboats. These interdisciplinary programs explore local waterways through hands-on activities, emphasize applied learning in math, science, engineering, and history, and utilize teamwork and cooperative learning. All programs are aligned to local and national education standards. We also offer boat charters, which are perfect for birthday parties and other private functions. Passengers can help the crew, take the wheel, participate in science activities, or simply enjoy the beautiful scenery.

For information on our Baltimore programs please contact Kelly Drake via email at kdrake@livingclassrooms.org or by phone at 410-685-0295 x228. For information on our DC programs please contact Rachel Nichols via email at rnichols@livingclassroomsdc.org or by phone at 202-488-0627 x243.

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*Shipboard Environmental Education in Baltimore

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Living Classrooms Foundation has provided unique hands-on, interdisciplinary and environmental education programs aboard historic ships and on land since 1985. These dynamic, "learning by doing" programs emphasize applied learning in math, science, social studies, language arts, and social skills. The programs serve students from a variety of backgrounds and economic means and range in length from one-day expeditions for school and youth groups to extended shipboard and land/sea programs. Participants see how academic skills are used in the real world. Leadership and teamwork are key objectives as students work together to raise and lower sails, trawl for marine life, perform scientific tests, and explore the commerce, history, natural resources, and ecosystems of the Chesapeake Bay.
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Rolling Inner Harbor

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Inner Harbor
Baltimore, MD 
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*Shipboard Environmental Education in the National Capital Region

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Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region has been providing children and youth with unique hands-on, interdisciplinary environmental education programs aboard historic ships and on land since 2001. During our programs, students are transformed into marine biologists, captains, and scientists while onboard historic Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat, Mildred Belle. Our interdisciplinary program emphasizes applied learning in the environment, science, math, language arts, and history. Key objectives are leadership and teamwork as everyone works together to raise and lower sails, trawl for marine life, conduct scientific experiments, and explore the commerce, natural resources, and ecosystems of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. Our experiential learning stations include water quality testing, studying plankton under video microscopes, oyster dissection and population discussion, trawling and identifying marine life, learning navigation and a buoyancy challenge.
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Potomac & Anacostia Rivers
Washington, DC 
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Ascend through Music

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Ascend through Music is a Living Classrooms program operating at our UA House at Fayette community center located within the Baltimore Target Investment Zone (TIZ). The program provides musical opportunities for kids, teens, and adults living within the TIZ, to incorporate music into their lives. Their experience within the program fosters leadership, creativity, and self-expression which empowers them to succeed. Through hands-on activities with instrumental lessons, vocal training, sound production, music ensembles, song writing, and performance opportunities the program offers unique exposure to music history, technology, and the industry while also fostering a deep connection with music in their own lives. Students will gain the tools to be able express their culture, struggles, and triumphs through music.
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Rolling Fayette Community Center

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Fayette Community Center
Baltimore, MD 
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Baltimore Urban Gardening with Students After School Program

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The Baltimore Urban Gardening with Students (BUGS) Program works with children from under-served Baltimore City communities throughout the year with an after-school program as well as a summer program. The program's primary goal is to empower and inspire our children to develop academically, creatively, and socially. The BUGS program serves students from Commodore John Rodgers Elementary and Middle School in East Baltimore. Many of our students reside in public housing and low-income neighborhoods near the Baltimore City Detention Center. These students have little access to green space and few extra-curricular activities available to them. The program engages youth in learning while providing them with a safe and healthy alternative to the streets. BUGS is a national model program that uses activities such as cooking, gardening, creative arts and movement, and entrepreneurial projects to help increase academic performance in reading and math and improve student behavior. The program provides a dynamic learning environment at Living Classrooms East Harbor campus, with access to vegetable and flower gardens planted by the students, and the only wetlands on Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
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Rolling Living Classrooms East Harbor Campus

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Living Classrooms East Harbor Campus
802 S. Caroline Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
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Bay Buddies Program

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Bay Buddies serves 80 students with special needs, ages 5-21, with a unique summer enrichment program. The primary goal of the program is to provide students with opportunities to engage and maintain knowledge in fun and positive learning environments. The program uses hands-on learning experiences while students explore Baltimore to reinforce standards and life skills measured by the Multi-State Alternate Assessment (MSAA) for special needs students as required by the Maryland State Department of Education. Bay Buddies is a collaborative project supported jointly by The Arc Baltimore, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore County Public Schools, and Living Classrooms Foundation.
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Baltimore, MD 
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Girl's Empowerment Mission Program

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The GEM Program works with disadvantaged high school girls in an effort to inspire them and lay the foundation for success in their lives. The program, run in partnership with Debbi Weinberg, is designed to address the needs of these at-risk girls within a positive and enriching environment that includes cultural, recreational, social, educational, and professional opportunities; mentoring, service to others, leadership training, financial literacy, and decision-making skills.
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Historic Ships in Baltimore

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Living Classrooms operates the historic vessels located on Baltimore's Inner Harbor,which include the USS Constellation, USCG Cutter Taney, Submarine Torsk, Lightship Chesapeake, as well as the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse. These sites and attractions offer hands-on educational programming to students and visitors and are also major tourism attractions in Baltimore.
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Rolling Inner Harbor

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Inner Harbor
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Kingman and Heritage Island Programming

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Kingman and Heritage Islands are property of the District of Columbia- Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Kingman and Heritage Islands are managed by Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region. Several additional organizations are actively involved with projects going on at Kingman and Heritage Islands. To learn more about these organizations and their involvement with Kingman Island, please visit their websites.
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Rolling Kingman Island

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Kingman Island
Washington, DC 
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Turning the Corner Achievement Program

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The Turning the Corner Achievement Program (T-CAP) serves sixth and seventh grade students at The Crossroads School. The program provides students with academic intervention in the areas of reading, writing, and math while addressing the needs of the whole child with academic and enrichment projects and wrap-around support for families. The T-CAP staff provides student services during school hours as well as after school. Program components include: Targeted Assistance, Integrated Academic Support, Acceleration, Extended School Day programming, and Family Services. The program also includes an enriching summer component designed to increase retention of academic skills that are often lost during the summer.
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Rolling The Crossroads School

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The Crossroads School
Baltimore, MD 
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