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Summer at Identity: Making Up for Lost Time
From helping rising 9th graders get comfortable with the pace of high school life to helping elementary students learn how to persevere, Identity is running programs this summer to continue to shrink pandemic-related learning gaps. There are also lots of outdoor activities, team sports clinics, and opportunities to enjoy the healing power of nature. Read More...
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Parent Leaders Inspire Change and Civic Engagement
The largest group ever of emerging parent leaders graduated from our Parent Leadership Academy on June 23rd in front of almost 100 supporters, including their proud children. Forty-seven graduates learned how to advocate for changes that benefit their children and their school community. Their newly honed skills and activism have so inspired other parents that we are serving 25% more parents this year.
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Prom Identity Style
Identity teens new to the country thought attending their high school prom would be impossible, but the Watkins Mill High School Wellness Center team found a way, with gowns, tuxes, and a balloon-filled Identity bus to get them there in style. Read More...
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KindWorks supplies a Summer of Fun
From soccer balls to bubbles and sidewalk chalk, this room full of new supplies for a fun summer were donated by KindWorks, a non-profit that mobilizes volunteers and donors across the county. Our youth and families are lucky to have KindWorks in their corner!
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Social Interest Award
Identity's bilingual parenting workshops have gotten the attention of the National Society for Adlerian Psychology (NASAP), which honored us with the Social Interest Award this May. The society promotes teaching parenting skills based on parents' natural strengths, an approach we have brought to Latino parents through our partnership with PEP (Parent Encouragement Program).
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A Creative Partnership
The Olney Theatre Center has chosen Identity as one of two 2022-2023 Community Partners. We are very thankful as this opens a unique opportunity for our elementary and middle school youth to work with the theatre on creative projects.
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