Join us to learn more about Gap Year basics. In this webinar, you’ll learn more about all the benefits you gain by taking this intentional time between high school and college (or between semesters of college). We’ll cover skills, alumni success stories, and tips and tricks to make your year your most valuable experience yet.
Hosted by Outreach Coordinator, Maddie Melton.
Hear directly from admissions representatives at top universities on how a Gap Year can actually improve your college applications. We’ll discuss why schools value global experience and how taking time off can make you a more compelling candidate, and end with a short Q&A session.
Hosted by Outreach Coordinator, Maddie Melton.
Join staff and parents of our alumni to learn more about what your child can gain from doing a Gap Year. Hear from parents of former Gap students about how this time shaped their lives and how to navigate the entire experience.
Hosted by Outreach Coordinator, Annika Ruben.
See how a Gap Year is time that shouldn’t be overlooked. Our alumni go on to do truly impressive things! Join our panel to hear how their travels shaped the unique careers and academic paths they are on today. Stay tuned for our panelists!
Hosted by Outreach Manager, Alex Biddle.
Join our panel of university and college administrators for a conversation about why many institutions encourage students to take a gap year. Hear their perspectives on how time away from the classroom can support personal growth, academic readiness, and long-term success, and what they’ve observed in students who choose this path.
Hosted by Outreach Manager, Alex Biddle.
From social media posts to family pressures to educational/professional options, your life is full of demanding distractions and difficult decisions. On top of it all, the world continues to be an uncertain, dynamic, and confusing place. With all of that as our background, this session asks the question, “Is a gap program a good idea for me?” To answer this question, we will explore the principles of positive risk taking and psychological first, as well as touch on just a little bit of fun brain science. We look forward to seeing you at this connecting and interactive workshop.
Hosted by Strategy & Development Associate, Paul Dreyer.
Did you know that you can earn college credit on our semester courses? Join us to learn how you can incorporate a Dragons program into an exciting and holistic plan for your time in college.
Hosted by Outreach Coordinator, Annika Ruben.
Join us to learn more about our intensive Spanish and Mandarin language programs. Explore how our immersive program design helps students develop strong communication skills and cultural understanding.
Hosted by Central America Country Coordinator, Teto Morales, and China Country Coordinator, Tindy Chen.
What sets Dragons Gap Year programs apart? Join us to learn about our uniquely immersive programs, from a panel of our recent alumni who have lived it!
Hosted by Outreach Coordinator, Maddie Melton.
Alpine hikes to border communities, jungle treks to ancient archaeological sites, and homestays in Maya villages nestled among volcanoes: these are our classrooms in Guatemala. To make travel immersive and reinforce what it teaches, Dragons takes students far off the beaten path. In this talk and Q&A, former Dragons instructor Rich Brown will share how this kind of travel and its wild insights helped him build a career in journalism. He’ll also show how it allows students to engage first-hand with critical issues shaping our future, from the causes and effects of migration, to the economic impacts of climate change, to debates over the meaning of development. Rich is a journalist who covers politics, economics and international relations in Latin America for Americas Quarterly in New York. Prior to joining AQ, he was a Pulitzer Center Journalism Fellow reporting on land conflict and migration in Guatemala, where he was based for six years. During his time in Guate, Rich was editor-in-chief of the EntreMundos news magazine and led Dragons students through the country on cultural immersion programs.
Hosted by Instructor, Rich Brown.
What sets Dragons apart? Meet some of our incredible instructors who are the backbone of the immersive programs we offer. Hear how they love to support, mentor, and help students find home in different parts of the globe.
Hosted by Outreach Coordinator, Maddie Melton.
Drop in to learn more! We’re here to answer any questions on your mind.
Hosted by Outreach Manager, Alex Biddle and Outreach Coordinator, Annika Ruben.
Join us to learn more about how we partner with schools and teachers. In our webinar series, we will cover our many offerings in the world of school partnerships, including:
Hosted by Director of Strategic Partnerships, Simon Hart.
Join us as we guide you through a three-phase program design process used to build student experiences in the field that lead to student empowerment, holistic growth, and learning. We employ a values-based approach and backwards planning to ensure that our itineraries result from focused outcomes, bringing intention and depth to the student experience and alignment between student activities, and projected learning outcomes.
Hosted by Director of Strategic Partnerships, Simon Hart.
Alumni, Miranda Dayton and Theo Weiman answer questions about their summer abroad experiences. Learn more about their travels from a student perspective.
Alumni, Sadhana Tanvi, Charlotte Reimanis, Arjan Sandhu, and Skylar Platt answer questions about their Gap Year experiences. Learn more about their travels from a student perspective.
Hear from Risk Management Director, Dave Haffeman, about Dragons’ approach to risk and safety in the field. Listen to responses to important questions from Director of Programming, Aaron Slosberg, and Outreach Manager, Alex Biddle.
