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Boys Campus Update – March 2021

By Elizabeth Douglas / March 17, 2021 / Comments Off

Andrew Holcombe, FBRA Boys Program Director I’ve been thinking about what the last six months have meant for our organization and our students quite a bit recently; here is my effort to briefly share some of my thoughts and observations. Adaptability, specifically in terms of students. This word has been used a lot lately, […]

Alumni Update – Michael Wilkerson

By Elizabeth Douglas / March 17, 2021 / Comments Off

Will Yeiser, Executive Director Toward the end of February, the seventh grade boys had a chance to participate in a Zoom session with 2016 FBRA alumnus Michael Wilkerson. Michael is currently a freshman at San Diego University where he attends school and plays on the varsity soccer team. After graduating from FBRA, Michael attended Asheville […]

Read and React – Reopening School During a Pandemic

By Will Yeiser / November 18, 2020 / Comments Off

Will Yeiser, Executive Director & Co-Founder I never imagined I would hear the words “reopen school during a pandemic” in my lifetime. There was no course in graduate school at Harvard or class during my teacher training with Teach for America to prepare me for this kind of scenario. Rather, it required relying upon an […]