PWBF offers two project-based learning clubs for students to develop motivation, coping skills, agency, self-awareness, and confidence. The first, the Boat Build and Sail Club, occurs year-round for three and a half hours, three days per week after school. Teams of youth build boats in the shop during colder months and sail the completed projects during the summer. The second, the Community Row Riverguides, focuses on the importance of community action. Youth in this program learn about the Schuylkill River and provide on-water environmental education for their peers in the community.
How better to foster initiative and teamwork than by building a sea-faring vessel with your hands? The Boat Build and Sail Club, PWBF’s focus for the SEL Challenge, occurs year-round for three and a half hours, three days per week after school. Teams of youth build boats in the shop during colder months and sail the completed projects during the summer. youth teams work on alternate nights on the same boat, so their performance of nightly goals impacts the workload of their teammates the following night.
