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  • 2025–2026 RARE Connections GARFIELD HS PPROGRAM APPLICATION!

  • Connections is a 1-year program that helps create a more inclusive and welcoming school community for all students.

    ✅ Earn 60 service learning hours by completing the program!

    ✅ Make new friends, build life skills, and have fun along the way!

    ✅ Only 14 Spots Available! This is a small, focused crew – so don’t wait to apply!

  • Connections Has 2 Stages:

    Semester 1️⃣: LEARNING 
    Semester 2️⃣: DOING 

    SEMESTER 1 – LEARNING (Fall 2025)

    You’ll take part in fun workshops and field trips while you make friends and build community.

    Field Trips... MoPOP, Wing Luke Museum, UW Bowling, Museum of Flight, Skating, Mosaic Arts, YES Farm...

    Workshop Topics...
    🫶 Belonging
    🌍 Identity & Cultural Awareness
    🗣️ Leadership & Allyship
    🤝 Teamwork & Antiracism

     

    SEMESTER 2 – DOING (Spring 2026)

    Take what you’ve learned and create fun, inclusive experiences and 1:1 support for other students!

    Earning 60 Service Hours helping others feel seen and supported at  your school. 

  • Program Dates/Requirements:

    Semester 1, 2025-2026

    Oct 7th to Dec 9th, 2025 

    • Weekly Meetups TUESDAYS 4–6 PM
    • 3 SATURDAY Field Trips:
      • October 18
      • November 15
      • December 6

    Semester 2, 2025-2026

    • Attend regular check-ins (days/times TBD)
    • Plan and lead student experiences, provide 1:1 peer support and/or be a peer leader for the next Crew field trips and weekly workshops.
    • Optional: Propose your own idea to support your peers!

  • Application Timeline

    • September 3–29, 2025: Applications Open
    • September 16, 2025: Ms. Amber will contact you to schedule a 30-minute interview – check your email!
    • September 22–October 2, 2025: Applicant interviews
    • Early October: Accepted students will be offered and confirmed.

     

    Questions?
    Contact: Ms. Amber Inwood, Youth Engagement Coordinator
    Email: acinwood@seattleschools.org

     

  • Please complete all applicable and/or required fields!

  • The Connections Program is a Year-Long Program. 

    * Program allows up to 3 absences.

    Semester 1, 2025-2026

    Oct 7th to Dec 9th, 2025 

    • Weekly Meetups TUESDAYS 4–6 PM
    • 3 SATURDAY Field Trips:
      • October 18
      • November 15
      • December 6

    Semester 2, 2025-2026

    • Attend regular check-ins (days/times TBD)
    • Plan and lead student experiences, provide 1:1 peer support and/or be a peer leader for the next Crew field trips and weekly workshops.
    • Optional: Propose your own idea to support your peers!  
    • Personal Information 
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    • Demographic Information 

    • ‘The Connections Program aims to honor participants identity(s) and recognize that it is individual and complex. Though only a part of who we are, the following demographic questions are to help us support participants throughout the program by providing respectful spaces and activities, food options etc.’

    • Please select your ethnicity/culture. 

      *Note: People who identify with the same ethnic and cultural group often share the same traditions, food, languages, cultural and religious practices. For some people their race and ethnicity might be the same; for others they might be different.

    • Parent/Legal Guardian Information 

    • All finished?

      Ready to submit your application?!

    • GREAT WORK!

      You are about to submit the 2025-2026 Connections Program Application Form. Please make sure that all of the appropriate fields have been completed before clicking the button below.

      You will be contacted via email mid September re: the status of your application.

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