FFI | Credit-Bearing Programs

Program Details

FFI now offers Credit-Bearing Programs where New Hampshire students can participate in a leadership-based program while earning high school credits. This innovative program allows for the delivery of content to continue outside of the classroom through real-world, hands-on learning experiences.

Facilitated by Friends Forever International, most commonly in Durham
Weeklong, residential leadership program
Hands-on, experiential, and individualized learning
Each program can earn up to 2.5 credits
Credits earned transfer to public schools in NH

Requirements

Applicants must be:

Ages 14-18
Enrolled in an NH High School or Homeschool

100% No-Cost Program

FULL scholarships are given to each accepted student! This includes the cost of:

Room and board (all meals are covered)
Activity costs/fees
FFI gear (backpack, water bottle, hoodie, and t-shirts)
Ground transportation to and from a designated drop-off/pick-up spot

Program Offerings for Returning Applicants

Check back for open programs!

Sponsor a Scholarship

In order for FFI to make these programs 100% tuition-free for accepted applicants, we rely upon individuals, companies, and foundations to donate towards scholarships. If you would like to do so, please click the button below for an online gift or mail a check to our Headquarters at 1 Morgan Way, Durham, NH 03824. Please be sure to include a note directing your funds.

One full scholarship equals $3,000, but gifts of all sizes make an impact on the lives of the youth participants.

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Pushing the Boundaries of Education

Friends Forever International (FFI) is excited to expand educational opportunities to New Hampshire students through the NHDOE Learn Everywhere Initiative. This program allows for the delivery of content to continue outside of the classroom through real-world, hands-on, learning experiences.

In June of 2022, FFI was approved as a Learn Everywhere program, allowing us to offer credit-bearing programs. Currently, we offer 81 courses totaling 40.5 credits in 8 content areas. FFI will deliver this curriculum and programming to meet the academic needs of students while offering them opportunities that wouldn't normally be accessible through a traditional classroom setting. All programming is done by incorporating our FFI RECIPE and integrating the values of Resilience, Empathy, Communication, Impact, Playfulness, and Effort into everything we do.

Course Offerings

Leadership

6.5 Total Credits

Architecture of Peace: Building for Health & Community
Artificial Intelligence & Human Empathy
Community Risk Mitigation
Compassionate Communication
Exploration of Helping Professions
Exploration of STEM Careers
Goal Setting
Identity
Service: Exploring Community Organizations
Symbols in Society
Team Building
Young Leaders & Activists
Leadership 2.0

Social Studies

8.5 Total Credits

Contemporary Issues
Cultural Immersion: Social Studies
Economics
Empathetic Debate
Food, Environment, & Society
Genealogy
Human Geography
Human Rights
Indigenous Wisdom & Sustainability
Jewish/Israeli/Palestinian Cultural Exchange
Local Government Engagement for Youth
MyTown
Northern Ireland Cultural Exchange
Resilience Through History: A Social Context
The Bill of Rights for Teens
U.S. City Cultural Experience
Social Studies 2.0

Creativity & Arts

4.5 Total Credits

Ceramics
Cultural Immersion: Creativity & Arts
Hands On Art
Jewelry Making
Music as a Mobilizing Force: Exploring Social Cause
Music on your Mind
Photography
Public Art
Creativity & Arts 2.0

Science

6 Total Credits

Animals Ethics
Astronomy
Climate Change & Conflict
Ecology & Ecosystem Research
Flora & Fauna
Forensic Science
Gardening
Geology
New Hampshire Coastal Biome
Sustainable Agriculture
Sea Perch
Science 2.0

Healthy Living

3.5 Total Credits

Expressive Arts Therapy
International Foods: Eastern Hemisphere
International Foods: Western Hemisphere
Mindfulness
Nutrition
Healthy Living 2.0

Adventure Education

5 Total Credits

Climbing & Bouldering
Community Health
Dance
Flexibility and Mobility in Daily Life
Hiking
New Hampshire Winter Activities
Personal Fitness for Well-Being
Sailing
Yoga & Holistic Health
Adventure Education 2.0

English

5.5 Total Credits

Art of Storytelling
Children's Literature
Cultural Immersion: Language & Literature
Creative Writing
Dialogue through Cinema
In Tune with Nature
Investigate Journalism
Lockdown: Exploring Incarceration
Media: Propaganda, Consumption, Manipulation
Public Speaking
English 2.0

Special Education Electives

1 Total Credits

Community Oriented Life Skills 1.0
Community Oriented Life Skills 2.0

Opportunities

FFI offers a variety of platforms for students to participate in these offerings, including:

Open Enrollment Programs

FFI offers applications for individual students from public, private, charter, and home schools grades 9-12 to participate in open enrollment programs. These are 100% tuition covered regardless of financial need and may be any combination of virtual or in person learning. There is a 10-student capacity for each program.

School Specific/Contracted Programs

Working in close partnership with schools, FFI can offer weekend, school break, or afterschool offerings in select courses that can reach a target population in a specific school or class. These courses may include a mix of in-person, residential, and/or virtual meetings and are tailored to specifically meet the needs of the partnering organization and students participating. There is a 10-person capacity for these programs.

Programs Abroad

FFI offers experiential trips to our campus in Northern Ireland that can be organized through a partnering school or organization.

Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO)

All students who complete an FFI program are encouraged to complete a Social Action Project to improve their own communities in a tangible way. Students who complete one of these projects with the guidance of FFI alumni staff are eligible for additional Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) credit.

FFI can come to you!

Please contact programs@ff.international if you would like to have one of our trained facilitators lead single or multiple FFI workshops around teambuilding, leadership, communication, and more! A full day is $1,000 and a half-day is $500. Financial aid is available.