Real-World Career Experiences Exploring

 Law Enforcement Exploring is a community service, career-oriented program designed to educate young men and women, ages 14-20, about Law Enforcement. At the end of the year 2014, there were over 4,500 young people in the program.

RECYouth: REEL Education for Youth

Have a story to tell? How about expressing your thoughts through a movie, song or animation of your own creation? RECYouth is a multimedia extracurricular program where you’ll learn video and audio production, photography, and graphic design while encouraging your creative expression. Learn to use digital tools and professional software to create and edit footage,

American Museum of Natural History YoutCaN Program

Each year the conference attracts as many as 1,200 youth and educators from around New York City, the US and the world – countries such as Lebanon, Algeria, Russia, Senegal, Argentina, Indonesia, the Philippines and many more have participated in past YouthCaN conferences. The conference is a rare opportunity for environmentally inclined youth to meet

The New York City Science and Engineering Fair

The New York City Science and Engineering Fair, the largest high school research competition in NYC, is sponsored by the New York City Department of Education and the City University of New York. Each year, hundreds of students participate from all over the five boroughs. NYCSEF is successful because of all the people that put

New York Cares: Youth Service Team

New York Cares Teen Service Team offers teenagers from all over New York City the opportunity to get out into the community and make a difference. Members meet at the New York Cares office to discuss a current social issue before rolling up their sleeves and heading to one of the five boroughs to address

92 Street Y Community Service Program

Through our Teen Community Service and Leadership Program, you can do your part to make the world a better place while having a fantastic time. Whether you enjoy working with children or seniors, are interested in sports, arts, reading or tutoring or want to advocate for a social issue of concern, there are many opportunities

Barnard College Saturday Science Seminars

The S-Cubed program brings young women in the 11th grade with strong academic ability and interest in science and mathematics to Barnard over the course of five Saturdays in January, February and March.  These capable young women are nominated for the program by science teachers in New York City high schools.  Admission to the program

This Way Ahead – Internships at the GAP, Inc

This Way Ahead is a nine-month long job training and leadership development program for young people who are in school, between ages 16-21 and interested in building job and life skills. You will participate in workshops led by Door coaches and Gap and Old Navy employees who teach you about possible careers and help you

Cooper Union Saturday Outreach Program

Saturday Program offers free classes in: Drawing, Graphic Design, Painting, Sculpture, Sound Composition, Architecture and Portfolio Preparation. Courses meet Saturdays, 10am-5pm, at the Cooper Union college campus in the East Village of NYC. Saturday classes run for 2 semesters each school year (October-December, and January- April). All classes include ‘hands-on’ studio work (with free classroom

Brooklyn Botanical Garden Apprenticeship Program

The Garden Apprentice Program (GAP) at Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a great way for teens to learn about urban agriculture and the environment while working in one of the most exciting public gardens in the world! Apprentices can work their way up the four-tier program, potentially earning a paid position as Senior Apprentice. If you