Community Service
The community service program at the Eagle Academy is an essential part of the core curriculum. Each student is not only encouraged to take an active part in their community in order to make a difference but they are required to engage in activities that promote community empowerment for class credit. We believe that it is crucial for our Eagle Academy students to develop a deep-rooted sense of responsibility and commitment to the communities around them. The goal is to empower our youth through intensive community service and to reinforce the message that they are an integral part of their world community. Through community service, students discover that they have the power to make a difference in the world.
Many of our students participate in buildOn, an organization that partners after-school service programs in the U.S. with communities in developing countries to build schools. With buildOn, several Eagle students traveled to Mali (West Africa) as part of a weeklong initiative to build a school to raise literacy levels in that country. Students have also engaged in community service initiatives throughout New York City, including "Meals on Wheels," cleaning up public parks, food pantry projects, hospital volunteer efforts, and school painting projects throughout the five boroughs.