Programs for Students
Artemis Project
The Artemis Project is a five-week summer day camp for rising 9th grade girls in the Providence area. It is run by four Brown undergraduate women, in connection with the Computer Science Department. Artemis is designed to encourage and inspire young women in science and technology. The students learn both concrete computer skills and abstract computer science concepts through a variety of projects and activities in a positive and encouraging environment.
Asthma Swim Program
Asthma Swim, a program of Project Health, is an innovative approach to pediatric asthma. It is an after-school program developed and run by college students under the mentorship of pediatric pulmonologists. The Asthma Swim Program at the Mary Fogarty Elementary School provides education to children with asthma about how to control their asthma and avoid triggers. Two afternoons per week, students from Mary Fogarty participate in afterschool sessions that include swim workouts at the Fox Point Boys & Girls Club; classroom activities and games that promote asthma knowledge; and academic support and enrichment.
Contact
Anna Levine, Campus Coordinator
Project Health
401-867-6604
Anna_Levine@brown.edu
Brain Awareness Week
Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is a series of events held around the world to increase public awareness about the brain. Brown's BAW activities are organized by Lecturer John Stein in the Neuroscience Department. Through BAW, Brown students conduct presentations and hands-on activities in local schools.
Contact
John Stein, Lecturer
Department of Neuroscience
401-863-2263
John_Stein@brown.edu
Brown Summer High School
Brown Summer High School, founded in 1968, is a four-week program that challenges students to engage their minds in tackling big questions. Courses offer students innovative learning environments where they work in small groups, participate in discussions, conduct laboratory experiments, and engage in hands-on activities. As active participants in the learning experience, students develop essential skills in reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking. Brown Summer High School draws its faculty from Brown University students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Teaching and Undergraduate Teacher Education programs. These teachers-in-training work in teams with experienced teachers from local schools and Brown Teacher Education faculty. The program is open to students entering grades 9-12.
Contact
Carin Algava, Assistant Director
Teacher Education Program
401-863-3364
Carin_Algava@brown.edu
CHOICES for the 21st Century
CHOICES for the 21st Century is an educational outreach program of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. Through its curricular resources, professional development programs, and special projects, CHOICES engages secondary level students in current and historical international issues and contributes to a renewal of civic engagement among young people in the United States.
Contact
Susan Graseck, Director
The Choices Program
401-863-3155
Susan_Graseck@brown.edu
CityBrothers
CityBrothers, a program of Brown's Swearer Center for Public Service, pairs boys from middle schools in Providence and Pawtucket with a volunteer college mentor. The program's focus is around weekly campus visits and special events and activities. In fall 2006, the Swearer Center partnered with the Providence After School Alliance, an initiative of the Mayor's office, to offer the CityBrothers program to students at the Bridgham and Gilbert Stuart middle schools in the West End of Providence. CityBrothers also serves students at Goff Junior High School in Pawtucket.
Contact
Dilania Inoa, Literacy and School Coordinator
Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-1024
Dilania_Inoa@brown.edu
CityGirls
CityGirls, a program of Brown's Swearer Center for Public Service, pairs girls from two Providence middle schools with a volunteer college mentor. The program includes weekly college campus visits and special programming to encourage academic enrichment, leadership, and community service. In fall 2006, the Swearer Center partnered with the Providence After School Alliance, an initiative of the Mayor's office, to offer the CityGirls program to students at the Bridgham and Gilbert Stuart middle schools in the West End of Providence.
Contact
Dilania Inoa, Literacy and School Coordinator
Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-1024
Dilania_Inoa@brown.edu
College Guidance Project
The College Guidance Project works with the guidance offices at Hope and Central to provide increased individual attention to seniors applying to college. Volunteers work closely with guidance counselors to track the progress of college-bound students, offering workshops and individual advising to help them through the process.Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Community Health Clerkship and Field Experience
The Community Health Clerkship is an applied learning experience designed to help develop in Brown University medical students the knowledge, skills and perspectives of community health that are necessary to become a complete, highly competent physician. It is hoped that the clerkship will help foster in students an informed sense of social responsibility and help students develop the skills needed to become strong patient advocates and community leaders in areas important to the public's health. As part of the clerkship, medical students must complete a field experience in the community that will allow them to focus on a specific public health issue. For the past few years, The MET School in Providence has served as a field experience placement. Medical students work with MET students and staff on projects that contribute to teaching and learning at the MET and provide medical students with a deeper understanding of community heath issues. Past project topics include sexual harassment in schools, HIV/AIDS prevention, and school-based preventative health.
Contact
Joann Barao, Coordinator
Department of Community Health
401-863-3699
Joanna_Barao@brown.edu
Community Outreach through the Performing Arts (COPA)
COPA uses the arts to build community through after-school classes at Providence Housing Authority sites. Teams of Brown volunteers teach workshops in creative writing, dance, theater, and the visual arts. With the conviction that effective teaching is an art form, volunteers work as a community of teachers and learners.
Empowering Your Future
Empowering Your Future is a one-day conference for middle school girls and their parents and teachers. The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Advanced Materials Research and the Division of Engineering at Brown. The conference is intended for girls in Grades 8-10 and exposes them to real life applications of math and science in a fun and educational environment. The conference also features special information sessions for parents and accompanying adults, focusing on helping girls with study skills, and on financial aid and other college-preparatory concerns. This is an excellent opportunity for girls and their parents or accompanying adults to find out more about the possibilities that science, math, and engineering offer. Additionally, teachers who attend are able to get new ideas they might use in their own classrooms.
Contact
Heather Johnson, Program Coordinator
Center for Advanced Materials Research
401-863-3607
Heather_Johnson@brown.edu
Flow Radio
Flow Radio provides teenagers with the opportunity to learn about radio broadcasting through the production of a one-hour weekly radio show on issues important to local youth. Participants develop hands-on skills and an understanding of media.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Girls FitNut
Girls Fitness & Nutrition (FitNut), a program of Project Health, addresses the rising incidence of pediatric obesity in Providence by offering girls at the Roger Williams Middle School a supportive environment in which they develop health knowledge, self-confidence, and healthy lifestyle habits that endure beyond their participation in the program. Weekly after-school program sessions include nutrition education, physical activity, and mentoring. The FitNut program operates at the Roger Williams Middle School and is a member of the Providence After School Alliance.
Contact
Anna Levine, Campus Coordinator
Project Health
401-867-6604
Anna_Levine@brown.edu
GK-12 Science Education Program
For the past few years, Professor Timothy Herbert has worked with graduate students in Geology on conducting weekly science lessons in two classrooms in the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School. Recently, funding was secured from the National Science Foundation in the form of a GK-12 grant to help this outreach program continue and expand to several other elementary and high schools beginning in July 2007. Brown graduate students from several departments including Geology, Physics, and Engineering will lead classroom and after-school activities in several elementaryand high schools in Providence. The graduate students engage Providence students in hands-on, inquiry based activities designed to increase students' understanding of and interest in science. The NSF funding also supports training and paid summer internships for Providence teachers and students to participate in research projects with Brown graduate students and faculty.
Contact
Karen Haberstroh, Director of Science Education Outreach
401-863-2858
Karen-Marie_Haberstroh@brown.edu
Girls Math and Science Initiative
The Girls Math and Science Initiative offers intensive science education for middle school girls at Sophia Academy. Brown volunteers work weekly with girls in 5th through 8th grade to introduce girls to the physical sciences through experiential and interdisciplinary activities.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Go Kids!
Go Kids! is an obesity prevention program that works in collaboration with Head Start, utilizing the parent and children curricula of the Children's Aid Society. Through a year-long series of lessons, the program seeks to convey the most crucial aspects of obesity prevention.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
John Hope Mentoring Program
The John Hope Mentoring Program supports children ages 6-12 in the John Hope After School Program. The program focuses on the educational, social, and emotional needs of children through one-on-one relationships with Brown and RISD college students.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Language Arts Program
The Language Arts Program supports after-school Writing Clubs at Providence elementary schools. The program seeks to help children find joy in writing, recognize their individual talents, and develop tools of expression, initiative, and creativity.
Contact
Dilania Inoa, Literacy and School Coordinator
Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-1024
Dilania_Inoa@brown.edu
Let's Get Ready!
Let's Get Ready! provides free SAT test preparation for 11th and 12th graders at Hope and Central. High school students participate in the program for one semester leading up to the SAT test.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
MET Family Literacy Program
The MET Family Literacy Program, a partnership with the MET School, offers classes two evenings per week to students and parents. Classes include ESOL, GED preparation, computer literacy, and Spanish.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
OLEEP - Outdoor Leadership and Environmental Education Project
OLEEP, a partnership with the MET School, facilitates the development of high school student leadership by connecting experiences in the wilderness and in the city. Through one-on-one mentoring, weekly workshops in the school and community, and camping, backpacking and ropes course trips, the program develops individual awareness and skills as well as a community in which Brown and MET students learn from each other.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
PCEP - Pre College Enrichment Program in Science
PCEP offers 9th and 10th grade students at Hope and Central high schools engaging academic enrichment. Students meet on the Brown campus and work in small mentoring groups to develop relationships throughout the year.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Project Eye-To-Eye
Project Eye-To-Eye pairs learning disabled Brown students with learning disabled children from the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School. The pairs share experiences, offer academic support and engage in art activities.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Providence Science Outreach (PSO)
Providence Science Outreach seeks to enhance science education for Providence public school 5th graders by making science accessible and enjoyable. Teaching teams work for a full year in a classroom, facilitating weekly sessions that emphasize hands-on experiments.
Contact
Dilania Inoa, Literacy and School Coordinator
Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-1024
Dilania_Inoa@brown.edu
Providence Youth Council
The Providence Youth Council convenes youth leaders on a weekly basis to discuss policy issues and solutions for the city. Council members engage in action-research projects that address specific challenges facing Providence adolescents and their families. The PYC also seeks to develop communication and team-work skills of the Council members, as an investment in their future as leaders. The Council is a partnership with the Office of Mayor Cicilline and the Rhode Island Foundation.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
REACT RI
REACT RI is a Youth Health Service Program of the R.I. Area Health Education Center. Participating students from local schools attend weekly trainings in health care related issues and work 15 hours per week at health care placement sites, including Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Hospital, Memorial Hospital, Miriam Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital for Specialty Care and Chad Brown Health Center. The students work at these sites in different capacities, and are exposed to a myriad of health professionals. A primary goal of the program is to interest students in pursuing health careers. Specifically, the program encourages young people from underserved communities to become health professionals, and to return to work in those communities.
Contact
Chris Tanguay, Executive Director
Central RI Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Warren Alpert Medical School
401-383-5831
Rhode Island Debate League
The Rhode Island Debate League sponsors both policy and parliamentary debate programs at area middle and high schools. The League is a partnership with the Open Society Institute, the Rhode Island Foundation, the Providence and Woonsocket Public Schools and the Olneyville Community Schools. Students conduct in-depth research in preparation for competitive debate. Brown students work with high school teachers to coach students in research, public speaking, and creating effective arguments. Participants are encouraged to use their voices as instruments for public action and personal development. Teachers are offered professional development opportunities to use debate in their classrooms.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Rhode Island Space Grant Science Education Outreach Program
The Rhode Island Space Grant (RISG), a consortium of local colleges and universities based at Brown, works with local K-12 teachers and schools through a variety of science education outreach programs, including the "The Teacher Partnership Program", "Science En Espanol", and the "Hot Topic" workshop. During each of the past two years, RISG Fellows and Scholars from Brown and other local colleges and universities have given over 200 classroom presentations (reaching approximately 6000 children each year) on a variety of science topics to K-12 grades in schools in every community throughout Rhode Island. Economically disadvantaged urban public schools frequently have limited science resources. RISG has set up more formal "partnership" programs with several such elementary, middle and high schools in Providence.
Contact
Dorcas Metcalf, Program Manager
Rhode Island Space Grant
401-863-1151
Dorcas_Metcalf@brown.edu
Risk Watch
Risk Watch is a school-based injury prevention curriculum developed by the National Fire Protection Association. Since 2000, the Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital has piloted and implemented Risk Watch at elementary, middle, and high schools in five districts throughout Rhode Island, including Providence.
Contact
Injury Prevention Center
401-444-2685
Sarah Doyle Women's Center Internships & Training
The Sarah Doyle Women's Center hosts interns from the Feinstein High School during the school year. Feinstein students are required to do an internship in order to graduate. The Center is also a sight for information on gender issues and conducts trainings for Brown students and community members, including teachers, through partnerships with the Swearer Center, local schools, and other community agencies.
Contact
Gail Cohee, Director
Sarah Doyle Women's Center
401-863-3402
Gail_Cohee@brown.edu
SummerPrep
SummerPrep is a three-week summer enrichment program for approximately 100 urban elementary students, located at the Community Preparatory School in South Providence. Students attend the morning academic enrichment program free of charge and are enrolled in classes of up to 18 students in rising grades 2 through 6. Classes are taught by a team of two Brown MAT students who are supervised by a Mentor teacher. The curriculum developed by the MATs, with the help of Brown elementary MAT methods instructors and Mentor teachers, includes instruction in community building and leadership, literacy, math, science, performance and visual arts and physical education. Admission to the program is on a first-come, first-served basis, with students primarily coming from Providence and others from Pawtucket, Central Falls and Cranston.
Contact
Polly Ulichny, Senior Lecturer and Director of Elementary Education
Education Department
401-863-3487
Polly_Ulichny@brown.edu
Swearer Classroom Program
The Swearer Classroom Program is a literacy mentoring program in which a Brown volunteer works one-on-one with an elementary school child. The program's focus is dual: we build relationships through reading, acting on the belief that supportive and sustained work on literacy skills fosters an environment in which students feel confident in their abilities, both academic and social. Mentors work with a student for about an hour, usually once a week during the school day in the student’s classroom. We work with two schools: D'Abate Elementary in Olneyville and Asa Messer (and its annex school) in the West End of Providence.
Contact
Dilania Inoa, Literacy and School Coordinator
Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-1024
Dilania_Inoa@brown.edu
Vartan Gregorian Elementary School-Brown Athletics Dept. Partnership
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee heads up a partnership with the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School. Varsity teams are assigned to classrooms and team members provide tutoring and mentoring to students on a weekly basis. The Athletic Department honors outstanding students in each classroom at its annual All-Sports Banquet.
Contact
Sarah Fraser, Assistant Athletic Director
401-863-7584
Sarah_Fraser@brown.edu
Write Project
The Write Project offers 5-8th grade girls at Sophia Academy a student-centered, expository writing experience. The program uses small groups and one-on-one interactions to improve students' skills and confidence in writing. The role of the tutor is to listen and provide a safe forum for young writers and translate their ideas into a piece of writing appropriate to the task.
Contact
Dilania Inoa, Literacy and School Coordinator
Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-1024
Dilani_Inoa@brown.edu
Writing Fellows Program
Undergraduate Writing Fellows at Brown are trained to engage fellow undergraduates in examining and improving their writing skills. In fall 2006, the Writing Fellows Program began an outreach effort at Hope High School to offer similar support to Hope students. Each week, volunteers from the Writing Fellows Program work with groups of 9th and 10th grade students in classrooms. This work helps Hope students improve their writing skills and supports Hope teachers in their efforts to teach writing.
Contact
Rhoda Flaxman, Director
College Writing Programs
401-863-1404
Rhoda_Flaxman@brown.edu
Youth-led Media
The Injury Prevention Center works with local youth to create injury prevention media components, such as newspaper inserts, billboards, movie theater ads and bus shelter ads. All works are developed by youth, for youth with many pieces reaching thousands of individuals. The IPC has had multiple contests within Providence schools to develop injury prevention posters with the winners becoming billboards within the city. The IPC, through a grant from the Mayor’s office, is currently leading a group of young artists in developing movie theater ads and bus shelter ads directed at youths on substance abuse and injury prevention.
Contact
Injury Prevention Center
401-444-2685