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Student Opportunities

Enjoy a unique, immersive learning experience that provides a fresh, new perspective on America’s unique history and promising future.

Programs

Founding Forward’s programs for elementary, middle, and high school students are unmatched in their ability to bring history to life. Through our unique immersive educational opportunities, Founding Forward utilizes the places where history happened to build the leaders of today and tomorrow.
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Spirit of America

A transformative, four-day residential program that engages high school students with the first principles of freedom. This one-of-a-kind immersive experience allows students to find common ground, explore and understand history in the place where it happened, and develop their leadership skills.
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Good Citizen Day

Good Citizen Day was created to ensure our country’s future leaders understand the Constitution and the vital role of each citizen. The day challenges 11th-grade students to think critically as they immerse themselves in the study of freedom. Since 1947, Good Citizen Day participants have received the Good Citizenship Award to celebrate and recognize their leadership in their communities.
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Service Learning in Public Policy (SLiPP)

An advanced leadership development workshop for exceptional high school students interested in law, communications, and medicine/healthcare. 

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Debate & Leadership Institute

A premier 5-day debate and leadership experience for students entering 10th, 11th and 12th grade, hosted by Founding Forward and the Bill of Rights Institute, in historic Valley Forge, Pennsylvania!

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Civic Explorers Day Camp

Rising 7th and 8th graders will walk in the footsteps of history as they learn about the founding principles of America, improve their leadership skills, and more.

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Scholarships

Founding Forward runs two unique scholarship programs to help students pursue their post-secondary educational aspirations while also providing supplementary learning opportunities, including mentorship, life skills, and networking.

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History Encounters

A remarkable journey beyond the classroom for student groups in grades 5-12, History Encounters provides experiences incorporating educational experiences, live actor historians, and visits to historic locations in Valley Forge and greater Philadelphia.

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Liberty Leaders

Formerly Liberty Weekend, college students spend a three-day weekend in Philadelphia delving into democracy, individual rights, economics, and law. 

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What our students are saying

I loved seeing where George Washington and the Continental Army were. I will remember what I have learned, seen, and felt on this amazing trip for the rest of my life.
Isaac
History Encounters participant
Throughout [my experience] I have been exposed to new concepts, ideas, and opinions that have significantly nurtured my learning and interest in the importance of participating in our democracy.
Duke
Spirit of America participant
This has been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Jade
Service Learning in Public Policy participant
It was an honor to receive the Good Citizenship Award alongside the other nominees, and I will spend the rest of my life trying to maintain the qualities of hard work, honesty, courage, curiosity, and loyalty that my nominators saw in me and pass it on to everyone I meet.
Kristen
Good Citizen Day participant

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Founding Forward’s work and mission is made possible through voluntary contributions. We need your support to ensure a future rooted in liberty. Please join our efforts to uphold our democratic system of government with your tax-deductible contribution.

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