Since joining the Miss Hall’s 视野 team in 2019, 翡翠的权力 has seen several iterations of the School’s signature service-learning and internship program.

还有2019-20学年, with students heading off campus each week to volunteer and intern at more than 75 sites across Berkshire County — until COVID-19 changed all that in March 2020.

还有2020-21年, when the program was reimagined for on-campus and online learning during the height of the pandemic. And, there was 2021-22, which saw the return of off-campus and in-person experiences.

Now, Emerald is viewing the program from a whole new vantage point: as its Director. She was named in June to lead the one-of-a-kind program into its 28th year.

“我很高兴能为这个项目服务, 学生们, 我的同事们, 和学校的新方式,祖母绿说. “I see so much potential for the future of 视野, 我认为今年是关键的一年, 从大流行中走出来, 进入“大流行后”生活, and discovering what’s next for the program.”

Emerald joined Miss Hall’s in 2019 as Associate 地平线总监, advising juniors in their 视野 experiences, 协调年级层面的规划, 协助新项目, and helping 视野 adapt during the pandemic. 除了她的新角色, Emerald also serves as Head Resident in the Main Building and will shift this year from 11th Grade Class Coordinator to 9th Grade Class Coordinator, a key part in guiding new students through their first year at Miss Hall’s.

每周三举行, 视野 provides students opportunities to build leadership and advocacy skills, 探索大学和职业兴趣, and learn how to influence the world around them. 学生参加实习, 志愿服务机会, class-wide项目, and workshops in a curriculum that evolves sequentially, building on each year’s lessons as they progress from ninth through twelfth grade.

在她的角色中, Emerald will be a key player in the design, 发展, and implementation of new 视野 partnerships that advance the School’s mission and vision and forge meaningful partnerships with local, 区域, 以及全球性组织. She will also be advising 9th- and 10th-graders on their 视野 experiences.

“我渴望从长远考虑, 不仅是今年和明年, 但从现在起大约五年, and what new partnerships or opportunities that could mean,她指出. “It’s really about taking the great things the program does and seeing a long-term vision for what’s next.”

One exciting opportunity this year is a budding partnership with Girl Up, a global leadership 发展 organization that guides girls on their journey from leader to changemaker. MHS will pilot a Girl Up collaboration, working to integrate that curriculum into the 视野 experience.

Other plans this year include building on the financial literacy program developed with 11th graders last year, 继续 授权的Changemakers计划 project launched last year with sophomores. Seniors will again intern with organizations in and beyond the Berkshires, and the ninth-grade program continues to evolve, with experiences designed to integrate new students into the community and prepare them for organizing their annual 视野 Plant Sale in the spring.

“What I love about 视野 is that there really is no limit to what the program can be in terms of an expanded reach and partnerships, 是否全球, 或者通过与校友的联系, 甚至是其他学校,Emerald补充道.

It was as an undergraduate at Siena College and participating in the four-year Bonner Service Leadership Program that Emerald dove into experiential and service learning. She served as a Girl Scouts Program Coordinator for the Troy School District and as a Bonner Program Associate, facilitating training and workshops and creating curriculum with a focus on social justice issues and professional 发展.

“I got involved with Bonner because I knew I wanted to do community engagement in college,祖母绿说, 谁贡献了大约2个,400多个小时的本地节目, 国家, and global service as an undergraduate. “I was able to have that experience in college, but 视野 offers our students similar experiences while still in high school.”

The ability to make a difference, Emerald notes, is not limited by one’s age.

“Service learning helps students discover the individual impact they can make, and also how they can be one of many pillars in a community — not just serving a community, but serving with a community as an active participant,祖母绿说, who is eager to act on that vision in her new role. “We have opportunities to revitalize ongoing partnerships, 创新, 并思考即将到来的新事物. It’s a time to solidify where the program is and use the year as a stepping-stone to where we are going.”

祝贺你,翡翠!