Social Impact in the Upper Valley

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 The Strengthening Educational Access with Dartmouth (SEAD) program works with first-generation and low-income high school students to help them succeed in college.

SEAD, a program through the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact, held its immersive summer session last week, bringing high-potential students from high schools around the Upper Valley to campus for a week of community building and engaged mentoring. 

Activities included work on the archaeological dig near Parkhurst with Professor of Anthropology Jessa Casana, examining an exhibit at the Hood Museum of Art, and classes on “My Rights: My Voice,” with Julie Kalish ’91, a lecturer on writing and constitutional law. 

This being summer, the group also snuck in a trip to Fore-U Golf Center in West Lebanon, N.H. 

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A student examining an object with a light and magnifying glass
SEAD scholars Lane Roberts, left, from Hartford (Vt.) High School, and Yu-Shan Liang, from Lebanon (N.H.) High School, examine cuneiform tablets at the Hood Museum of Art. The tablets were from archaeological digs in Mesopotamia. (Photo by Lars Blackmore)
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Jesse Casana and Nick Dasilva dig in the Brown House basement
Professor of Anthropology Jesse Casana helps SEAD scholar Nick Dasilva of Stevens High School dig in the Brown House basement near Parkhurst Hall, with SEAD summer staffer Ian Kiplagat ’25 sitting next to them. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Khyli Logrono and Fritz Pungot digging
SEAD scholars Khyli Logrono, left, of Stevens High School, in Claremont, N.H., and Fritz Pungot of Hartford (Vt.) High School try their hands at a Digging Dartmouth site near Parkhurst Hall. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Fritz Pungot and Khyli Logrono sifting through dirt
SEAD scholars Fritz Pungot, left, of Hartford High School and Khyli Logrono of Stevens High School sift through dirt at the dig site near Parkhurst Hall. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Students completing an assignment
Professor of Anthropology Jesse Casana, right, helps SEAD scholars with an assignment. Directly across from Casana is Michaelangelo “Mikey” Burgos, of Lebanon High School, and at back is SEAD summer staffer Ian Kiplagat ’25. (Photo by Lars Blackmore)
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Students looking at art
SEAD scholar Nick DaSilva, of Stevens High School, in Claremont, N.H., looks at an exhibit at the Hood Museum of Art. Looking on is Katelyn Zeser ’22, program coordinator for educational access and equity at the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact. (Photo by Lars Blackmore)
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High school students playing mini golf
Haley Labelle, of Hartford (Vt.) High School, putts during a Strengthening Educational Access with Dartmouth (SEAD) program field trip to Fore-U Golf Center in West Lebanon, N.H. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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High school students playing mini golf
Ashley Doolittle, the associate director of the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact, takes a putt while playing mini-golf with the SEAD scholars from the Upper Valley. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Students posing at the mini golf course
Participants with the Strengthening Educational Access with Dartmouth program make heart signs with Dartmouth students working as SEAD summer staff during the outing to West Lebanon, N.H. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)