Garfield Connections Program Application

  • SPRING Cohort RARE Connections GARFIELD APPLICATION!

  • Connections is a 1-year afterschool program that helps create a more inclusive and welcoming school community at Garfield High School.

    ✅ 100% FREE including x3 field trips & snacks at all weekly meetups.

    ✅ Earn 60 service learning hours by completing the program!

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

    ✅ Only 12 SPOTS left! This is a small, focused crew – so don’t wait to apply!

  • Connections has 2 Stages:
    1st Stage: LEARNING 
    2nd Stage:  DOING 

    LEARNING (SPRING 2026)

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

    Field Trips..... Roller Skating, MoPOP, UW Bowling, Circus Arts, Mosaics, Wing Luke Museum, YES Farm...

    Learn about...
    🫶 Belonging
    🌍 Identity & Cultural Awareness
    🗣️ Leadership & Allyship
    🤝 Teamwork & Antiracism

     

    DOING (FALL 2026 or SUMMER 2026)

    Take what you’ve learned to help others feel seen and supported at school.

  • Program Dates/Requirements:

    SPRING (Semester 2, 2025-2026)

    Program Orientation: TUES Feb 24, 4-6pm
    Weekly Meetups: TUES 4–6 PM

    3 SATURDAY Field Trips:

    March 7
    March 28
    May 2

    FALL (Semester 1, 2026-2027) OR 2026 SUMMER UNIVERSITY

    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 meetups.
    Optional: Propose your own idea to support your peers!

     

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    Questions?
    Contact: Ms. Amber Inwood, Youth Engagement Coordinator
    Email: acinwood@seattleschools.org CELL: 206 837 2026

     

  • Please complete all applicable and/or required fields!

  • The Connections Program is a Year-Long Program. 

    * Up to 3 absences allowed

    Required Attendance:

    SEMESTER 2, 2025-2026

    FEBRUARY 10 to May 12 2026 

    • Orientation: TUES FEB 24, 4-6 PM
    • Weekly Meetup every TUES 4–6 PM
    • 3 SATURDAY Field Trips:
      • March 7
      • March 28
      • May 2

    SEMESTER 1, 2026-2027 or 2026 SUMMER UNIVERSITY

    • Attend regular check-ins 
    • Help 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. Please make sure that all of the appropriate fields have been completed before clicking the green SUBMIT button below.

      You will be contacted via email within 2 weeks re: the status of your application.

      QUESTIONS? Feel free to reach out to Ms. Amber acinwood@seattleschools.org or pop by Rm 203A Mon/Tues

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