• FALL 2026 RARE Connections ROOSEVELT APPLICATION!

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

    ✅ Earn 60 service learning hours by completing the program!

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

    ✅ Only 13 Spots! This is a small, focused crew – so don’t wait to apply!

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

    LEARNING (FALL 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...

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

     

    DOING (SPRING 2027 or SUMMER 2027)

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

  • Program Dates/Requirements:

    Semester 1, 2026-2027

    OCTOBER 13 - JANUARY 19

    • Orientation Tues, October 13, 4-6pm
    • Weekly Meetups Tues 4–6 PM
    • 3 SATURDAY Field Trips:
      • October 17
      • November 14
      • December 5

    Semester 2, 2026-2027 OR 2027 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: ainwood@urbanleague.org

     

  • Please complete all applicable and/or required fields!

  • Please select the student's current grade level:*
  • The ULMS Connections program is part of the Seattle Urban League Scholars and National Project Ready (https://nul.org/program/project-ready) which prepares youth and young adult for college, work and life. Would you be interested in learning about other project ready programs? Other ULMS support and programs?

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    Attendance Requirement:

    SEMESTER 1, 2026-2027

    OCTOBER 13 - JANUARY 19 

    • Orientation TUESDAY OCT 13, 4-6 PM
    • Weekly Meetup every TUESDAY 4–6 PM
    • 3 SATURDAY Field Trips:
      • October 17
      • November 14
        December 5

    SEMESTER 2, 2026-2027

    or 2027 SUMMER UNIVERSITY

    • Attend regular check-ins (days/times TBD)
    • 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!

    * Up to 3 absences allowed.

  • Can you make the above time commitment to the program?*
    • Personal Information 
    • Format: (000) 000-0000.
    • Date of Birth*
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    • What soft skills do you have?*
    • CHECK ONE: Have you earned any of your required Service Learning Hours?*
    • How did you learn about the Connections Program?*
    • 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.’

    • How do the you define your gender identity?*
    • Preferred Pronouns*
    • Race/ethnicity?*

    • Ethnic and Cultural Identity?

    • Parent/Legal Guardian Information 
    • Relationship to the Student*
    • Format: (000) 000-0000.
    • Can this number receive text messages?*

  • 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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