Kate’s New Challenges This Summer
Standing outside the chicken enclosure, a student froze. “I don’t want to go in—I’m afraid,” he admitted. An adult gently replied, “We’re here to build relationships with the chickens.” Slowly, the student reached out, grabbed the adult’s hand, and stepped inside.
Moonlight and Marshmallows
After an April girls’ overnight trip in New Hampshire, Allison shed her shyness while on a nighttime owl prowl. Later she shared, “Aprendí a no tener miedo al estar lejos de casa! (I learned not to be scared when I’m far away from home).”
Celebrating School Staff: The Bridges Behind Our Odyssey Program
These connections matter. Whether they’re helping us navigate school systems, joining us on outings, or reeling in the biggest catch on a fishing trip, our liaisons are a vital part of the Elevate Youth community.
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! Elevate Youth is Proud of our Partners
As we reflect back on the season and look forward to the next, EY is struck by the quality of our partnerships.
Embracing Possibility
“A normal day in school is actually pretty boring, but when I go to EY, I actually start to play a couple games which are fun,” Jeison shared. Dilan chimed in, “I’m excited about making new friends and going on field trips. I'm also excited to play games after I'm done with a long 8 hours of school.” These invitations reflect the power of possibility within EY, where students discover new interests while strengthening friendships and family connections.
Elevate Games: Kids Outside? We Got This in the Bag!
The main event of the evening was the cornhole tournament, which was sponsored by MassBio, Cartesian Inc, Atomic Coffee, Discovery Life Sciences, and Titus Wealth Partners of the Rockefeller Global Family. 18 teams faced off in a fierce, but friendly, competition facilitated by Boston Cornhole. Teams such as the Beanbag Bandits, the Corn Fritters and the Caffeine Crusaders played two games each, with the top winners moving on to a single elimination round.
A very successful S'more Summer!
After 6 weeks of Elevate Youth Summer Camp, just like that it is coming to an end! We are nearing the end of August and can’t help but smile as we reflect on the incredibly successful summer we had this year! Each week, our students got to experience sailing, kayaking, fishing, a farm visit, and an overnight camping trip as part of camp. Some students even attended camp for 2 weeks! We want to share some of our favorite memories from a wonderful summer with the Elevate Youth community as we begin to look forward to fall!
An adrenaline filled Spring and looking forward to the end of the school year!
April was quite a busy month for us here at Elevate Youth! We felt so lucky to spend the majority of the month outside with our students. We spent each after school enrichment session outside practicing our mountain biking skills and even got to explore coastal Massachusetts during April Break!
Elevate Youth families cook cozy and nutritious recipes for Winter E.A.T. Classes!
All of the skiing and physical activity we’ve done this winter made us hungry, lucky for us we held 2 virtual cooking classes for youth and families as part of our E.A.T. initiative in January and February.
A fun filled winter spent on the slopes!
Although it’s beginning to feel more and more like spring each day, here at Elevate Youth we’re making the absolute most of the end of our mostly-snowless Boston winter!
January Alpine Skiing with Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester!
It’s beginning to look a lot like winter here in the Boston area! As we experience our second snowfall of the season, we reminisce on a wonderful day of downhill skiing we shared with our friends at Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester this past Saturday at Wachusett Mountain.
Dive Deeper on Elevate Youth's Carbon Neutrality!
Here at Elevate Youth - we tend to always focus on the positive. So yes, there is a problem and we are at a crux point but the great news is that we have a chance to make a difference and effect change
Elevate Games were a huge success!
On Tuesday evening we held our third annual Elevate Games at Cisco Brewers in the Seaport. The rain held off and we ended up having absolutely beautiful weather. We saw many familiar faces at the event which included many of our sponsors, volunteers, partners, board, and friends. We are also so thankful to everyone who was coming to their first Elevate Youth event. Thank you for your support and we hope to see you again soon!