Attorney General Maura Healey and City Councilor Ayanna Pressley welcome the REAL Ride to the Boston Day and Evening Academy, Monday, October 30th The REAL Ride is a 3-month, 5,000 mile, off-track bike ride that has raised $46,750 for Boston Day and Evening Academy in Roxbury, MA. Oct 27, 2017,…
Fundraising Efforts on Track!
(Boston, MA) May 4, 2017. The REAL Ride is proud to announce that nearly $37,000 have been raised to date for Boston Day and Evening Academy — a full three months in advance of the team’s departure from Seattle. These funds — 100% of which are going to the cause…
Gravel Cyclist: Off-Track Students Have New Off-Road Champions
3/27/2017 on GravelCyclist.com by JOM On August 1, 2017, five cyclists will turn their backs to the Pacific and begin a 3-month, 5,000 mile, mixed terrain ride to honor young adults whose route to a high school diploma is more challenging than the norm. The riders will take the path less traveled, on…
Ropes & Gray Sponsors the REAL Ride
(Boston, MA) March 3, 2017 Global law firm Ropes & Gray will sponsor the REAL Ride, which aims to raise attention and funding for the work of Boston Day and Evening Academy, and peer schools across the country, in re-engaging off-track high school students with an innovative, student-centered educational model….
Nellie Mae Education Foundation Sponsors The REAL Ride
(Boston, MA) February 21, 2017. The REAL Ride is proud to announce the Nellie Mae Education Foundation as a major sponsor. The Foundation is committed to ensuring that “all New England students — especially and essentially underserved learners — obtain the skills, knowledge and supports necessary to become civically engaged,…
An Off-Road Journey Helps Students Get Back On Track
Segment Aired February 14, 2017 on WGBH STEPHANIE LEYDON For Cris Rothfuss, the road less travelled is always her first choice. Once a competitive off-road cyclist, she’s training for a two-wheeled challenge of her own design. This summer, she’ll start in Seattle and bike to Boston. It’s a distance of…
Taking the hard way across the country (off-road by bike) to raise money
By Globe Staff JANUARY 24, 2017 If you were going to bicycle from the West Coast to Boston, you’d pick the flattest, smoothest, shortest route possible, right? Wrong. At least not if you’re Cris Rothfuss. She’s executive director of Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and she’s organizing…
The Real Ride on BNN News
On December 5, 2016, BNN News dedicated a lengthy segment to covering the REAL Ride and Boston Day and Evening Academy. Anchor Christopher Lovett first interviewed Alison Hramiec, Head of School, and student Jariley Cruz about BDEA’s unique approach to meeting the challenges and needs of off-track students. Cris Rothfuss,…