Maret's Public-Private Partnerships

Maret students release shad in the Anacostia Watershed.
Maret students release shad in the Anacostia Watershed.

A strong sense of community and cooperation are foundations of Maret. We are committed to being a good neighbor in our local community and to partnering with other organizations – local, regional and global – that enrich our academics and school life.  Maintaining links with our extended community ensures an attachment to both our history and our future.

Our community engagement programs are tightly integrated with our curriculum. Examples include: Horizons Greater Washington; Service Learning (K-12); and our stewardship of Jelleff Field. While our programs vary in their objectives, each emphasizes authentic relationships, reciprocity, and respect. Maret’s students and faculty benefit from their involvement with our public school partners and other non-profit institutions and see themselves making a difference in their wider community. 

Service Learning is an innovative K-12 teaching approach that incorporates community service into traditional academic courses.  Maret has forged meaningful, longstanding relationships with partner organizations by incorporating service learning throughout the curriculum.

Local Partners

  • Behrend Builders
  • Bread for the City
  • Capitol Area Food Bank
  • CARECEN
  • Casa del Pueblo
  • Center for Youth as Resources
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  • Chevy Chase Retirement Home
  • CCNV
  • Crossways Community
  • Days End Farm
  • D.C. Central Kitchen
  • D.C.’s Project Mercy
  • DC Vote
  • Discovery Creek
  • Elder Buddies
  • EL Haynes School
  • Food & Friends
  • Latin American Youth Center
  • Loaves and Fishes
  • Manna, Mazique
  • Martha’s Table Early Childhood
  • Methodist Home
  • Neighbors’ Consejo
  • Rachael’s Women’s Center
  • Rosemount Center
  • St. Ann’s
  • SCRAP-DC
  • Share our Strength
  • Sol y Sol
  • Truesdell Elementary
  • Washington Middle School for Girls
  • Washington Animal Rescue League

National & International Partners

  • EPA
  • PEN American Center: Freedom to Write
  • Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting
  • Save the Children
  • So Others Might Eat
  • The State Department
  • Whitman Walker Clinic

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Partnership facts

  • All divisions participate in service learning projects to benefit Anacostia Watershed.
  • Students and faculty engage in curriculum-related service at DC children’s centers, assisted living facilities, public schools, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and food banks.
  • During Community Service Day students and faculty spread throughout DC to volunteer at 30+ service organizations.
  • For many years, students have volunteered as academic tutors at local public schools, Samaritan Inn, Latino Student Fund, Oyster School, EL Haynes School, and Kid Power-DC.
  • Intensive Study Week (ISW), a 35-year tradition, is designed for exploration outside