Mission

Dynamy, Inc. is a not-for-profit experiential educational organization founded in 1969. Our mission is to challenge, support, and empower young people to discover their purpose in life and to practice their values.

Overview

Using internships, leadership training, and outdoor challenge Dynamy helps young people increase their competence, confidence, and sense of connection to society.

Dynamy's Internship Year accepts 42 young people, ages 17 to 22, from across the country for a nine month long residential program which includes full-time internships, an Outward Bound expedition, individual advising, community service, group meetings and seminars, and optional college credit seminars through Clark University. Students are high school graduates and some have completed a year or two of college. Over 85% of Internship Year graduates go on to college, with a high percentage pursuing higher degree levels. The program is funded through tuition, with scholarships available for those in need.

Dynamy's Youth Academy accepts 13 talented but underserved low income students entering their ninth grade year in the Worcester public high schools. The Youth Academy is a four-year after school leadership and enrichment program that supports and motivates young people to complete high school and attend college. Students participate in internships, outdoor challenge trips, individual advising, academic enrichment activities, community service, and weekly group meetings and workshops. All graduates are eligible for a full-tuition scholarship from Colleges of Worcester Consortium institutions. This program is funded through the generous contributions of individuals, corporations, and foundations.

New Initiatives

As Dynamy moves into the future with an energetic vision of education in action that remains responsive to the emerging needs and opportunities of today's world, we want to reach out and impact more young lives. As we strengthen and expand the Internship Year and the Youth Academy, we are also moving forward with a national expansion plan. In 2005 Dynamy will open a new site in Santa Rosa, California. Dynamy’s Internship Year program will begin enrolling students for the spring term in Santa Rosa, California, beginning in January 2005. The Youth Academy will enroll its first class in September 2005.

National research has repeatedly confirmed what Dynamy knows from 35 years of experience and from the recent professional evaluation of the Youth Academy: Strong sustained relationships with adults and multiple opportunities to learn by doing are among the most effective ways of unleashing the innate capacity young people have to create successful lives in school and beyond.

Dynamy has important insight and unique experience to contribute to the national conversation about public education, youth development, civic education, equality of college access opportunity, and workforce preparation among other current debates.

To learn more about our plans for Expansion, and giving opportunities, please visit our National Expansion link or email Jim Zuberbuhler, Executive Director at jzuberbuhler@dynamy.org.

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