Our Partner Schools

Boston Collaborative High School

Boston Public Schools

Since 2020, Hale has partnered with Boston Collaborative High School (BCHS) by providing regular professional development to support project-based learning. Hale has hosted the BCHS Student Ambassador program, providing teambuilding and leadership development for a select group of students who visit Hale as many as six times per year. BCHS holds its annual staff orientation at Hale as well.

Boston Day and Evening Academy

Boston Public Schools

Hale has partnered with Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA) through Intrepid Academy at Hale (IAH) since 2019. BDEA’s staff and students travel to Hale every fall and spend 10 weeks immersed in nature. Through the generosity of the Liberty Mutual Foundation, BDEA also hosts a Hale outdoor guide who works with environmental science classes to integrate hands-on outdoor activities. Multiple educators from BDEA have particpated in Hale’s Perrone-Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership, and the school regularly brings both students and staff members to Hale for teambuilding. Recognized as a national leader in alternative education, BDEA serves students who have not yet been academically successful in traditional high schools and has a track record of supporting secondary graduation rates and post-secondary learning.

Catholic Memorial High School

Since 2018, Catholic Memorial High School’s 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students have come to Hale for orientation and teambuilding. Their programs help students develop new friendships and create bonds that last through their CM experience.

English High School

Boston Public Schools

English High School has hosted a Hale outdoor guide (funded through the generosity of the Liberty Mutual Foundation) since 2022. This guide works with environmental science classes to integrate hands-on outdoor activities. Additionally, English High students have visited Hale for teambuilding, and in 2023, for their first overnight program. English High staff members have participated in Hale’s Perrone-Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership. Founded in 1821, English High is one of the nation’s oldest high schools.

Greater Egleston High School

Boston Public Schools

Greater Egleston High School (GEHS) began working with Hale in 2020 through Intrepid Academy at Hale. Since 2022, GEHS has also hosted a Hale outdoor guide (funded through the generosity of the Liberty Mutual Foundation) who works with environmental science classes to integrate hands-on outdoor activities. Hale has led a weekly mountain bike club at GEHS, taking students on rides through city green spaces like Franklin Park. The school’s staff has visited Hale annually for teambuilding and professional development opportunities.

Jeremiah Burke High School

Boston Public Schools

Since 2021, Hale has partnered with Burke High School by facilitating its design team’s expansion of the school to serve grades 7 and 8. Burke students have come to Hale for multiple overnight programs, as well as school-wide and all-staff teambuilding. A grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Center enabled Hale to collaborate with Burke’s middle school staff to host a regular after-school program during the 2022–23 academic year.

Margarita Muñiz Academy

Boston Public Schools

Hale began its partnership with Margarita Muñiz Academy (MMA) in 2020 through Intrepid Academy at Hale (IAH). COVID restrictions required Hale’s staff to travel to Boston and conduct outdoor activities around the city during the school year and throughout the summer. Today, all MMA students visit Hale for a back-to-school teambuilding event, all seniors have an opportunity to attend IAH for eight weeks, and Hale’s professional development staff collaborates with MMA staff in regular “City as Campus” planning meetings. MMA is known for its status as the only dual-language Spanish/English high school in Boston Public Schools.

Wellesley Public Schools

Since 2010, Hale has partnered with Wellesley Public Schools to host every 5th grader for three days near the end of the school year for robust program that integrates teambuilding and nature-based science. Students from six elementary schools connect and begin building relationships at Hale before they all attend middle school together the following fall. Nearly 300 students benefit from this experience every year. Through this partnership Hale has developed new curricula for ponding and survival skills, and we’re glad to make these innovative experiences available to other clients.

Westwood Public Schools

Westwood High School students come to Hale every June as part of a J-term session, during which teachers lead creative academic exploration—past examples include carpentry projects and a course on the pursuit of happiness. The Westwood Welcome Club at Thurston Middle School has invited students and families to snowshoe and complete orienteering challenges at Hale. Westwood teachers regularly pursue professional development through Hale, and Westwood students enjoy teambuilding and challenge course experiences. Intrepid Academy at Hale students enjoy daily hot meals from Westwood’s food services. In 2022, Hale co-hosted the Deeper Learning—Boston conference with WPS, and in 2023, Westwood’s first staff member will participate in the Perrone-Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership.

Xaverian Brothers High School

Since 2014, Xaverian Brothers High School has held its 9th grade orientation at Hale. Hale has also hosted XB 7th graders for community service annually. In the past, Xaverian Brothers students have participated in an outdoor club at Hale, engaging in winter activities like night hikes and snowshoeing.