SEED Experience

The SEED Foundation developed the SEED boarding school model and opened its first school, The SEED School of Washington, D.C., in 1998.  SEED’s innovative model integrates a rigorous academic program with a nurturing boarding program, which teaches life skills and provides a safe and secure environment.  This boarding school model provides a comprehensive solution to the challenges facing inner-city youth and serves as a prototype for expansion nationwide.

SEED’s model is unique not only in that it is a boarding school for public school students, but also in that it is located within the students’ local community.  Proximity to the local community nurtures positive contact with family and community leaders.  It also provides students the opportunity to serve as role models and improve their own communities through service.  SEED offers resources for local families, thereby strengthening both students’ support structure and the surrounding community.

We invite you to read this section to learn more about the SEED program.