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Global Citizen Year and Envoys are thrilled to announce a new partnership to offer a transformative global gap year experience to graduates of Envoys international trips for high school students.  As part of this partnership, Global Citizen Year will award a $5000 merit scholarship to...

09 October, 2019

‘Just the most incredible feeling in the world’ Siera Sadowski ’23 says reading and writing are among her passions. Growing up, she pursued them in the face of numerous challenges. Her family relied on food stamps and went through periods without heat in their house....

08 October, 2019

Abby Falik interviewed by Tom Vander Ark in the Getting Smart Podcast. Abby speaks about her mission to expand access to life-changing global immersion experiences between high school and college. And her belief that these experiences are uniquely suited to unlock courage, shape identity, and...

08 October, 2019

I thought there was only one option after high school: college. I felt like I would be a failure if I didn’t go straight to school, or at least, that’s the feeling that had been instilled in me. I spent my first 18 years building...

08 October, 2019

How D.C.’s class of 2019 decided what’s next By Perry Stein They are already activists, nonprofit leaders and world travelers. They have collected acceptance letters to prestigious universities, signed commitment letters to start jobs in the coming weeks and enrolled in academies to become police...

24 June, 2019

Extending The ‘Gap Year’ After High School Beyond Kids Of Means Four Chicago teens from low-income families are getting a chance to do something usually reserved for the wealthy. They will get to take a trip of a lifetime during a gap year after high...

24 June, 2019