Anthropology faculty work with Port Richmond Partnership Leadership Academy

Anthropology faculty work with Port Richmond Partnership Leadership Academy

screening compostHigh school interns in the Port Richmond Partnership Leadership Academy (PRPLA) worked this summer with Alexa Dietrich, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Master Composter.

Students renovated a community garden demonstration site, learned the fundamentals of organic composting and experienced the joys of working in the soil.

The PRPLA is a 3-year commitment with a  five-week summer intensive  program, aimed to enhance and enrich the achievement of Port Richmond High School rising juniors and seniors, and future college first year students.

preparing bedThe Academy was s established by Wagner College and the New World Foundation COIN Program in the fall of 2013. It has become a truly unique program designed to deepen participants academic abilities as well as develop community capacity building skills to affect positive change locally. Academy participants are immersed in two  innovative, credit-bearing high school or college courses during the summer intensive, in addition to completing a focused community advocacy project or internships and engaging in civic learning field trips throughout the summer and academic year.

demonstration garden

 

 

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