Living
Classrooms Foundation Mission Statement
The Living Classrooms
Foundation is a non-profit educational organization,
operated for the community at large, providing
hands-on education and job skills training for
students from diverse backgrounds, with a special
emphasis on serving at-risk youth. The Foundation
uses maritime settings, community revitalization
projects and other challenging learning environments,
and a low staff to student ratio. Our "learning
by doing" education programs emphasize the
applied learning of math, science, literacy, history,
economics, and ecology. Key objectives of all
Living Classrooms programs are career development,
community service, elevating self-esteem, and
fostering multicultural exchange.
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Frederick Douglass-Isaac
Myers Maritime Park Objectives and Mission Statement
The
Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park,
the newest Living Classrooms Foundation facility,
has adopted the Foundation motto, "Learning
by Doing." In addition to encompassing this
philosophy, the Maritime Park pledges to do the
following
- Open and claim a positive
presence in the community of Maryland's public
history and fine arts sites
- Become a significant African
American heritage tourism site
- Educate all segments of the
visiting public
- Preserve artifacts while
conserving the natural environment
- Attract those interested
in maritime history
- Function as a viable Living
Classrooms facility
The Frederick Douglass-Isaac
Myers Maritime Park will serve the public in three
primary ways
- Through the site's set operational
hours, regularly given tours and availability
for public events
- Through community outreach
and special programs
- Through educational programs
with public and private school groups and organizations
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Frederick Douglass-Isaac
Myers Maritime Park Mission Statement
The
mission of the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers
Maritime Park is to preserve, re-claim, and share
the past in order to enrich the present and future.
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Facilities List
Exhibition
space
- Galleries are located in
the newly renovated and historic Sugar House
(The Alex Brown Maritime Education Center) —
The oldest standing industrial building on the
Inner Harbor and in a new state of the art visitor
center/complex (The Weinberg Education Pavilion).
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Boat
building workshop
- Living Classrooms teachers,
students and program participants will recreate
famed long boats on the first level of the Sugar
House.
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Promenade
- The newly constructed portion
of the waterfront Promenade wraps around the
site providing thrilling views of the Inner
Harbor and the Baltimore’s 21st Century
skyline.
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Bernstein
Computer Lab/Digital Arts Center
- Students from all over the
region use state-of-the-art computer
technology to create digital images and
films of their own.
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Founders
Room
- One of Baltimore’s
most sought after gathering places. An
event planner’s delight. Reserve
rooms looking out over the Harbor for events
year round.
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