Our New Horizons Summer Academy is a programming partnership between SHIP and FCPS that provides local high schoolers experiencing homelessness access to learning opportunities as a pathway out of poverty. This program provides the student a safe space and food security for a majority of their summer so that they can access core academic courses required for graduation as well as life skills workshops …without having to choose between work and school. Student breaks are filled with staff-led programming, life skills, and lots of connection to other students experiencing similar situations.