Sangha Education Center
Educating the whole-learner by inspiring an interconnected understanding of self, others, and the natural world through mentoring and stewardship programs
Our Project Stewardship young adults will enjoy a boat trip with Captain Anthony Vecchione or Captain Gerry Tiss and crew to clean the South Shore Bay inlets. Operation SPLASH is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to improving the quality of Long Island’s south shore bays, waterways, and beaches. SPLASH members actively carry out this mission through […]
Our Project Stewardship program teens and young adults will enjoy time together on a guided nature walk at Mill Pond Preserve (Bellmore/Wantagh). We will learn about the history of this special place in relation to this area of the South Shore. On our walk, we can apply the Forest Bathing skills we have practiced on […]
Sangha Education Center is excited to offer our young people an end-of-season Surprise Party! Everyone has worked hard all season, personally, in school, at work, and in building skills at Sangha. This will be a day to celebrate our program participants and their accomplishments! We will have a variety of activities planned in addition to […]
Unfortunately, we now need to cancel due to wet ground from rain. We will schedule another time indoors at SUNY OW in the Fall 2023 or Spring 2024. Post once date is set.Teens and young adults in our Project Stewardship program have been waiting to witness Gatka!! And they are happy to host the community […]
Week 1 of Summer at the Sangha includes workshops on pollinators, meditation, sea turtles, woodworking and singing bowls.
Week 2 of Summer at the Sangha includes workshops on metal detecting, totem pole painting, worm houses, dyeing and yoga.
We are happy to offer a Forest Bathing session to make up for the cancellation of 6/25 due to inclement weather. Please feel free to participate! Raindate for this session will be 7/29, 2-4pm. Join Certified Nature Therapy Guide, Stephanie Gaglione for monthly Forest Bathing Nature Exploration that open with meditation and close with nature […]
Week 3 of Summer at the Sangha includes workshops on sound story songs, wind turbine energy, forest bathing, botany art, medicinal herbs, and scents.
Week 4 of Summer at the Sangha includes workshops on astronomy, live animals, singing bowls, the water cycle, totem poles, and bird houses.
Happy to introduce Learn & Grow – Perspective Photography to expand flexibility of mind and boost creativity. We welcome community groups, adults, teens/young adults, and families with younger children to participate. We will capture the present moment during interactive mindful nature photography based on the categories of size, quantity, quality, speed, accomplishment, transformation, emanation, journey, […]
We are continuing our regular, monthly Dungeons & Dragons series as an add-on to our Project Stewardship program. Dungeon Master, Scott is taking off for the Fall 2023 season and we will be introducing a new Dungeon Master, Riley this season! Riley has been offering D&D sessions with one of our community partners and we […]
We are excited to come together again for a Mentor/Mentee Mixer to kick-off the Fall season! This is a Project Stewardship event but all current and new teen and young adult participants enrolled in or interested in learning about our programs are welcome to join us!There will be team-building activities and games coordinated by our […]