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Events


January 29, 2009 - Celebration of the WISE 35th Anniversary honoring Vic Leviatin on his 70th birthday, the Glickenhaus Foundation, the Family of WISE Schools, and Ralph Vasami, President and CEO of Universal Weather and Aviation.

250 parents, graduates, students, and coordinators attended the dinner, held at the Westchester Marriott.  Dozens of graduates and WISE supporters across the country also donated and celebrated with us in spirit.  The Class of 1979 even held a virtual reunion! View Photos from the event!

2008 Coordinators Exchange - Friday, October 24, 2008 at Woodlands HS from 9 a.m. until 12.

17th Annual WISE Conference - Friday, March 28, 2008,

Over 150 WISE Coordinators, Parents, Alumni, and Students attended this year's Conference at Scarsdale High School.  View Photos from the conference!

2007 Coordinator's Exchange - October 26, 2007

The annual exchange was a lively and interesting experience for WISE Coordinators. 

16th Annual WISE Conference - Friday, March 30, 2007,
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Solomon Schechter H.S., 555 West Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale, NY 10530 View Photos from the conference!


2006 Coordinator's Exchange - October 20, 2006
Coordinators met to exchange ideas and learn from one another at Woodlands High School.

15th Annual WISE Conference - March 17, 2006
WISE Services held its 15th Annual WISE Conference on March 17, 2006 at Nyack High School.


14th Annual WISE Conference - April 1st, 2005
WISE Services held its 14th Annual WISE Conference on April 1, 2005 at Peekskill. View Photos from the conference!


WISE 30 Years Celebration
- January 10, 2004
WISE Services sponsored a celebration of Westchester's pioneers in experiential learning programs for high school seniors from four high schools - Woodlands, Scarsdale, Croton-Harmon and New Rochelle. View Photos from the event!


13th Annual WISE Conference
- March 26, 2004
For the first time, the annual conference took place outside the New York metropolitan area in Providence, Rhode Island. Our host, Textron Chamber Academy, is the first charter school to join the WISE family, and as an inner-city alternative school, it provided participants with a chance to learn about their program. View Photos from the conference!

News

Woodlands Celebrates 35 Years of WISE! - The Woodlands WISE Model Presentation was held on Friday, May 9, 2008.  Cassandra Jolicoeur's topic: "Feed the Models," was fascinating and provocative. 

New Photo Gallery - Click Here to View Photographs of WISE Classes, Activities, and Students

Alumni News - Read about WISE Graduates

WISE Students Visit Columbia University
On Wednesday, May 25 eight WISE students from four different schools spent a terrific day at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.


2005 WISE Workshops!

WISE Services has been busy conducting workshops for eight new schools this year. Click on the link above to view some photographs taken at some of these workshops.

Fighting That Contagion of the Classroom, Senioritis - June 18, 2003
Instead of coasting through the final weeks of her senior year in high school, Greer Lanzet is fine-tuning punch lines and working on a stand-up routine.

Fighting Senior Slump - February, 1999
WISE Services sponsored a celebration of Westchester's pioneers in experiential learning programs for high school seniors from four high schools - Woodlands, Scarsdale, Croton-Harmon and New Rochelle.

Did You Know...?
The National Commission on the Senior Year in High School issues its final report and recommends that high schools: "PROVIDE MORE (AND MORE RIGOROUS) ALTERNATIVES