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  • Restating Our Purpose: Legacy

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      A new school year provides a new opportunity for RIISE to restate its purpose—creating alliances for legacy through education. We do this by building bridges between families of color and the culture of independent schools. The idea of RIISE took shape in 2009, one year after our daughter’s first day of school. Underrepresentation, in […]

  • 8.11.17 [RIISE MV Events] The Essential College Writing Workshop

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    Enrolling at top colleges and universities is said to be seamless for independent school graduates. Yet, one college professor challenges this notion when it comes to college writing, and she wants to do something about it! Enter educator, historian, jazz aficionado, author and Summer Vineyarder, Dr LaShonda Katrice Barnett. A full time visiting professor at North Western […]

  • 8.9.17 [RIISE MV Events] Boarding School Panel—21st Century Learning & Innovation

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      2nd Annual Boarding School Panel | 21st Century Learning & Innovation We’re back on Martha’s Vineyard at the Edgartown Public Library bridging summer gaps with awareness and access to a boarding school education! Are you curious? Do you have questions? Are you enrolling this Fall? A panel of administrators, educators, and students will offer real […]

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