Hot out of the oven, it’s a fresh batch of leader bios! Two of them will take their students eastward to immerse themselves in a world of kilts, bagpipes, and beautiful scenery, while the other four will head west with their students to explore the breathtaking views of Olympic and North Cascades National Parks in
Spent your winter California Dreaming? So have these leaders. Now their dream is becoming a reality as they’ll head to the Golden State this summer to lead their Apogee students on a tour of California’s beautiful mountains and coastline. SHANNON OLEYNIKKEVIN DENG We are very excited to welcome Kevin Deng back for his second summer
Now that we are officially one month away from the beginning of Leader Training, it’s as good a time as any to read about some wonderful biking trip leaders who will be headed out to explore the wild west this summer! EMILY HOFFMANICHOLAS BOLLEN In a few years, you may see Nicholas Bollen’s line of
Hablas español? No? Well, no need to – these four leaders have got you covered! All four of them will be headed south this summer with Apogee students to make new friends, tackle community service projects, and soak up some Latin American sun. Jealous already? Read on… you’ll be even more jealous after you learn
Got a case of the Wednesday blues? Get over the hump by reading about four spectacular Apogee leaders who will be spending their summers creating new Apogee families in Downeast Maine! ADDIE IRVICLARK MACOMBER A true woodsman, Clark Macomber literally lives and breathes the outdoors in that he resides in the Outing Club building at
What better way to celebrate May Day than with the bios of six great Apogee leaders – read up on our Maine Coast College Essay, Cape Cod & the Islands, and Vermont to Montreal leaders below! JANE LJACK DEANGELIS We are so excited to welcome Jack DeAngelis to the Apogee team this summer to lead
With 2017 Staff Training getting underway in a mere seven weeks, the time has come to start introducing this year’s stellar slate of staffers to the world! Over the next month and a half we are going to post bi-weekly on our summer crew – a mix of Apogee’s finest returners and some unbelievably amazing
BONNIE POWELL Ithaca, New York native and Cornell University Mechanical Engineering studies major, Bonnie Powell is eager to head west and hit the road on our Pacific Coast trips! Although she calls upstate New York her home, Bonnie is no stranger to outdoor exploration. She has seen the Northern Lights in Alaska, been swimming with
ANNA KAPLAN Veteran Apogee leader Anna Kaplan of Princeton, New Jersey, is an experienced outdoors-woman, an EMT, a fantastic older sister, and the proud daughter of two loving parents. Anna has learned so much from her parents – inheriting her love of gardening from her mother and her musical talent from her father (Anna plays
ISA CALIANDRO We couldn’t be more thrilled to have Isabella (Isa – “eeee-sa”) Caliandro, of Concord, Massachusetts, back for another summer leading our California Mountains and Coast trips! Isa not only led our New England Mountains & Coast and Maine Coast Junior trips last summer, but was also a student in 2009 and 2010 on our