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In Memory of Karalyn Gay, TTS2 Alumna
It is with heavy hearts that we inform you, The Traveling School community, of the passing of Karalyn Gay, 2003 Traveling School alumna. Karalyn, affectionately called Kara by her TTS sisters and teachers, passed away last Saturday, August 28th. Her parents, Beverly...
Spreading Their Wings
Twenty Traveling School alumnae from TTS33, TTS34 and TTS35 just graduated high school. Join us in celebrating them! Additionally, a few of these TTS’ers used their semester experiences to inspire their college application essays. Read some of their...
My Little Traveling School
For TTS6 Alumna and Bozeman photographer Mikaela DiBerardinis, The Traveling School established a new perspective on minimalist travel, transformative education, and how she wants to raise her family. Read the Diberardinis’ (Mikaela, Gino, Gianna, Miela, Pia and...
10 Questions with TTS19 Alumna and Bend, Oregon-Based Birth Doula and Educator, Bobbi Mae Anderson
An interview with Maddie Johnson, TTS Marketing & Recruiting Coordinator What motivated you to become a birth doula?Throughout high school and college, I knew that I wanted to work with women and girls in some capacity. In college, I studied maternal health and...
1,825 Days of Community: The Unbreakable Bond of TTS26
Laura Brin, TTS Development Director A Traveling School semester is 105 days long. But the bond of The Traveling School’s 26th semester has endured for 1,825 days and counting.That’s right – five years out, the young women of TTS26 are as tight-knit as when they left...
Honoring RBG: One Alumna’s Reflections on Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Laura Brin, TTS Development Director Jane Belcaster, a Spring 2018 Alumna, hung out with RBG a few years ago. THE Ruth Bader Ginsberg! Then a high school senior coming off her 15 weeks with The Traveling School, Jane put the confidence she honed on her South...
Tips and Tricks for Virtual Learning
This year, going back to school looks different. Perhaps you are engaging in a hybrid learning plan split between remote and in-person learning. Or maybe you’re slated to live behind a screen for the entire semester.After your first few weeks back at school, we wanted...
Navigating 2020
How The Traveling School Helped Prepare Alumnae for this Year’s ChallengesBy Maddie JohnsonMarketing and Recruiting Coordinator; TTS33 and TTS34 Faculty “TTS taught me that life will sometimes hurt like hell. It’s not perfect. It’s not as simple as it seems. It...
Harder Times Ahead (hopefully)
A Message From John Shea John Shea, current TTS Board member and father of TTS29 Alumna, Eila Shea, has spent the better part of his career rethinking secondary education and the better part of his adult life traveling the world. He has taught at the Cambridge Rindge...
BLM Community Resources
Organizations in Need of Donations Black Lives Matter The Innocence Project Defund the Police NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Black Visions Collective Color of Change The ACLU and the ACLU of Minnesota The Loveland Foundation George Floyd’s Family...