"Thrive Together is a safe space where people from different cultural backgrounds are together in one room, doing activities together. We learn about our differences and similarities, connecting with our identity proudly."
The Thrive Together curriculum draws on research that indicates building and sustaining a positive identity – in combination with rigorous academic preparation and providing guidance on postsecondary navigation – is a critical and rarely addressed need in postsecondary access and completion programming.
Thrive Together, supported Anchorage School District students in grades 7 through 12.
Students participated in an intentional arc of learning across the semester, where they explored their post-secondary options, connected with their cultural identities, and planned for their futures.
While active programming concluded at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year, The Alaska Humanities Forum has compiled the curriculum into a Teacher Handbook for future use by Alaskan teachers. To learn more about the handbook or request a copy, please email office@akhf.org
"Thrive is where we come together as a community to reflect on what is important to each of us respectively and what we might want to direct our energies towards after high school."
Key program components included:
- art & storytelling workshops
- post-secondary skill building
- sessions with community members and culture bearers
- field trips
- exploration of potential career paths
"Thrive is a safe place where you can talk about anything and be heard and accepted. After joining Thrive Together I had a group of friends to look forward to catch up with every Tuesday."
Thrive Together was a grant funded program through the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.
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