Youth Connects presents "Gap Year: How a Year Off Can Be a Life-Changer."
- Claudia Gallant, Sewickley Academy's Assistant Head of School and mother of a Gap Year participant discusses the long term benefits of a Gap Year.
- Amanda Thomas, MPhEd, MFTI of Forging Futures, explains the rationale for Gap Year.
- Lynn Sanborne, MSW, School Counselorat SA, shares information from college admissions officers about the value they see in the Gap Year.
- Local high school alumni David Jimenez and Todd Norton discuss their own gap year experiences at thome and abroad.
A Q&A will follow. Free and open to the public. Students in 11th and 12th grades and their parents are encourage to attend.
