"Gap Year" Presentation

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.