On Thursday, April 12, Barnard hosted its annual Science Fair showdown. Barnard, a Boost! school with an environmental magnet theme, had a school-record 116 completed projects. It was no surprise that the projects were all well done, as Barnard stresses the importance of science in education, and preparation for the science fair began nearly two months ago. The Pre-K to Grade 4 division completed 15 class projects, and the remaining 101 projects were from both teams and individuals, grades 5-8.
This Saturday, April 21, the girls of the Boost! Service Corps Team will brave New Haven's landscape in a 20-mile bike ride in the Fourth Annual Rock to Rock Earth Day Ride! The rocks in Rock to Rock are the two ginormous land masses that jut out of the ground: East and West Rock. After hearing about Rock to Rock from United Way, an event co-sponsor, our team decided to take on the challenge, considering that many of the great non-profits which benefit from this event have programs in the schools Boost! works with.
Friday, March 2, Barnard School had a Pep Rally featuring the Yale Precision Marching Band and Xtreme Impact! Students in grade 3 through 8 gathered to sing and dance to Yale Precision Band's rendition of "Party Rock", as well as view impossible feats of strength by the men of Xtreme Impact!
When I was 21 years old, I realized there is so much more in the world outside the little bubble I lived in. I traveled on an international excursion to Tanzania, Africa to spend a month teaching children living in poverty. I worked with 200 primary school-aged students, 65 of which were HIV positive. The poverty was rampant in the village of Moshi, and necessities were hard to come by. Getting past the language barrier, and the stigma of HIV was a difficult task. My month volunteering was one of the most stressful, frustrating, amazing experiences of my life, to say the least.
