NYC Outward Bound Schools

09/18/2026

Meet three of our ✨ SENIOR ✨ Student Advisory Council members — Olivia, Yoana and Adeline! This group of 15 student leaders from across our network meets regularly to provide guidance, feedback and leadership on our approach to working with students, teachers and schools.

09/17/2026

Practicing what we preach 💪 The full NYC Outward Bound Schools staff took on a mini urban adventure in Central Park today to gear up for the year ahead! 🗺️🧭

09/15/2026

Happy Trading Card Tuesday, Crew! Today we're celebrating Eric Shieh, our Senior Coach of Research at NYC Outward Bound Schools.

As a former founding teacher at Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School - MELS, Eric is always looking for new ways to help his school partners build inquiry and challenge into their units.

“The deeper learning happens under conditions of symmetry – we're learning and thinking as teachers, as designers in the work, in order to do that with students.”

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4cPhwCl

09/15/2026

We're looking for a Director of Institutional Giving to join our team!

This role combines exceptional writing and storytelling with strong relationship-building. 📝 Apply here:

Apply to Director of Institutional Giving at New York City Outward Bound Schools in Long Island City, NY.

09/11/2026

“I regard it as the foremost task of education to insure the survival of these qualities: an enterprising curiosity, an undefeatable spirit, tenacity in pursuit, readiness for sensible self denial, and above all, compassion.”
- Kurt Hahn

25 years later on Sept. 11, we honor the undefeatable spirit and compassion of ordinary New Yorkers who became extraordinary that day.

09/10/2026

Happy First Day of School, New York City! 📝 Here are 5 things we're excited for this school year — from diving into authentic learning experiences to being in community outdoors. What would you add to this list?

09/08/2026

“One thing about growing up in a Caribbean household — you are going to improve, whether you want to or not!"

Can you relate to Denise? 😅 We’re back with another Trading Card Tuesday, and today's featured coach is Denise Duncan, who heads up our Instruction for Deeper Learning Pathway & Impact. Read more about how she coaches teacher teams around the city, building their capacity to develop more authentic and engaging lessons and projects: https://bit.ly/4y2IUpf

09/03/2026

Crew isn't homeroom. It's not simply advisory. It's an incredibly powerful structure that can support the social, emotional AND academic development of students.

See how our partners A School Without Walls NYC use Crew as an incubator for interdisciplinary passion projects.

➡️ Learn more by watching the full video: https://youtu.be/WvD3hFt9ObY

09/01/2026

📣 Introducing: Trading Card Tuesday!

Over the next few months, you'll get to meet our expert team of school coaches and discover what drives them to support NYC’s educators and students.

➡️ Starting off strong with Jeffrey Boxill, Senior Coach, Crew Pathway & Impact: https://bit.ly/4gvVerI

“If adventurous learning is about daring exploration then coaching is the implementation of that," says Jeff. "Building a system where we challenge the status quo, where we think about the most marginalized stakeholder and how to help leverage their voice."

08/31/2026

A good reminder as we near the start of another school year: "As educators, we must trust our students’ ability to do the hard work of learning."

Authentic challenge and productive struggle are how we GROW! — via ISTE:

Students need to be pulled out of their comfort zones and have opportunities for challenge and deep thinking.