Taking Lessons, and Confidence, From the Water

Urban Assembly, a Trust grantee, is the subject of this New York Times article. Trust grantees Riverkeeper and the SouthStreet Seaport Museum are also mentioned.

To read the entire article, click this link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/education/26harbor.html?ex=1372219200&en=927b7d7786ce5edd&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

"... The mission of Jennifer’s school, Urban Assembly New York Harbor School, in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, is to raise academic achievement by connecting students with the harbor that surrounds the city. The school’s founders say that by learning about the vast estuary — its history, its fish, its ecology — and by developing the skills to navigate it, students can gain the kind of confidence that Jennifer displays. ..."