Category: Miscellaneous

2022 Trip: Caribbean Service Hometown: Wilmette, Illinois School: University of Richmond, Class of 2023 Majors: Journalism and Leadership Studies Certifications: Wilderness First Aid, Lifeguard & CPR Favorite Outdoor Activities: Swimming, hiking, hammocking, camping. Highlights of the past year: Westen went backcountry camping with her friends in Joshua Tree National Park! Where you can find Westen

2022 Trip: Pacific Coast Hometown: Glastonbury, Connecticut  School: Amherst College, Class of 2017  Major: Biology & Psychology Prior Apogee Experience: Caribbean Service ‘21 Certifications: Wilderness First Aid, Lifeguard & CPR Favorite Outdoor Activities: Triathlons, running, skiing & lacrosse Highlights of 2021: Kramer led a trip with 10 of his high school students through the five

Have you ever wondered who the “master writing instructor” is on our Maine Coast College Essay trip? Well, look no further! We wanted to take this time to highlight one of the people that makes our essay writing program such a wonderful and productive experience for our students. Leah Siviski came on board as our

After almost a year since our last public update regarding Apogee’s progress towards specific initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we are excited to provide this status report to our community about our recent efforts and what we have been focusing on this season! Because we are a small team (nine folks in the

While we’re still waiting on the first snow of the season here in Maine, we’re already excited for all that summer 2022 has to bring. We’re making our lists (and checking them twice!) to make sure everything’s in order for what we expect to be our best summer yet. As such, we wanted to share

Today is Day 49 of the Apogee summer – and that’s the first time we’ve ever been able to say that. For whatever reason, this summer happened to start a bit earlier and end a bit later than year’s past, which means that we’ve never actually had a Day 49 before (let alone Day 50,