Community Engagement & Partnerships
Maret has been a national leader in service learning and community engagement since the program’s inception in 2002. Rooted in Maret’s essential skills, the Community Engagement and Partnerships program aims to empower and prepare students to effect positive, transformative change in their communities. Through a variety of experiential and service-oriented programs, students engage with issues of equity and social justice and develop skills needed for compassionate, respectful, and equitable relationships across difference.
Civic Engagement
Maret students address societal issues and social problems through civic engagement. Open discourse and partnership with communities beyond our 7-acre campus allow students to listen, learn, and grow with the wider community. We aim to increase the skills students need to be engaged, active citizens.
Upper School
- LearnServe Fellows Program
- Social Justice Advocacy in the DC Community
- Black Stories, Present, Past and Future
- Hispanic Cultures Citizenship Textbook
- SEED School & PEN/Faulkner
LearnServe Fellows Program
Social Justice Advocacy in the DC Community
Black Stories, Present, Past and Future
Hispanic Cultures Citizenship Textbook
SEED School & PEN/Faulkner
Middle School
Lower School
Service Learning
Through service learning, our students and teachers develop relationships in the wider community that deepen and strengthen Maret's overall program. Service learning at Maret challenges the traditional service model with intentional, reciprocal relationships that create challenging and meaningful engagement for our students.
Lower School
Middle School
Upper School
Horizons
Maret is proud to have piloted the now multi-school Horizons program. Started more than a decade ago, Horizons' six-week summer enrichment program and school year Saturdays help a diverse group of K-8 children from low-income families to develop a lifelong interest in learning, advance academic gains over the summer, and improve achievement in school.
More About Service Learning and Horizons
Community Partners
Our longstanding partnerships with neighboring organizations are integral to the student and faculty experience at Maret.
Community Service Day 2017
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend of Service
- Intensive Study Week (ISW) Community Service Opportunities
- Martha's Table Soup Project
- Ninth Grade Service Retreat
- Jelleff Field and Recreation Center
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend of Service
Intensive Study Week (ISW) Community Service Opportunities
Martha's Table Soup Project
Ninth Grade Service Retreat
Jelleff Field and Recreation Center
Senior Projects Internships
The Senior Project program provides seniors with opportunities to work in the community or to pursue a personal interest in more depth. Community-based internships have included: