Living Classrooms Foundation has been bringing innovative, hands-on education to disadvantaged youth in the Washington, DC area since 2001. Living Classrooms' programs serve over 20,000 DC-area children and young adults each year.

Living Classrooms is conducting its nationally recognized shipboard education programs on the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, aboard the historic Chesapeake Bay buyboat, Half Shell. For many of these students, this program represents their first experience on the water. This integrated learning adventure reinforces academic skills in a real-world setting, while they learn about their community and its resources. Living Classrooms' Outreach Programs bring hands-on learning to classrooms, and include science and environmental programming, as well as after-school activities.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is supporting Living Classrooms' Workforce Development Center program in the National Capital Region that is providing job training and employment assistance to disadvantaged youth. The Fresh Start program also operates in Washington, DC using metal-working skills as a platform for job readiness and educational training.

Living Classrooms also operates the Discovery Creek Summer Program and City Kids Wilderness Project, both providing urban youth with meaningful environmental education experiences.

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Contact: John Dillow jdillow@livingclassroomsdc.org

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