Peabody

Peabody
Site Information
College	Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute
Location	Baltimore, Maryland
Dates	June 23 - July 12
Years of Operation	??
Avg. Number of Students	100
Courses Offered
Service, Leadership & Community Transformation
Canon
Stairway to Heaven | American Pie | Forever Young | Wobble | Mr. Brightside | Don't Stop Believin' | Cupid Shuffle | Sandstorm | Everytime We Touch | Cha Cha Slide

CTY CLI

The Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University serves as the Session 1 campus for the CTY Civic Leadership Institute. It is for predominantly for students who have aged out of 'Regular CTY' programs (as they are known there) - students finishing 10th-12th grade. The site runs during session 1 only, as session 2 is at the Berkeley campus.

As the site is CTY-CLI, the only 'course' offered is in Service, Leadership & Community Transformation. The site is much smaller, with only around 100 students each year.

Only about half of the students at this site each year have previously attended a CTY session, but traditions at this site are introduced to (and usually accepted by) all the students.

Dorms

2017 Girls were on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the West Tower. Boys were on the 3rd and 4th floors of the East Tower, with the Site Office on the second floor. There were four girls halls and four boys halls. The halls and classes were divided by age. The girls' RAs were Lauren and Hannah on the second floor, and Christine and Jasmin on the third floor (the most lit floor!) The boys' RAs were Patrick, John, Brent, and Hashaam.

Course

The Civic Leadership Institute course is a Service Learning course organised by the Civic Education Project, which is run by Northwestern University.
A detailed course description can be found on the course page: Service, Leadership & Community Transformation. Specifics to the Peabody site are below.

Field Experiences

2017 Each class (A through G, sorted by age) went to different field experiences. Some examples are St. Gregory's church to help wiunthe soup kitchen, community gardening, mental health homes and rehabilitation centers, working with children, community organizing (learn about one specific community and come up with ideas to help them), mural painting...and more.

Speakers

Speakers would occasionally come during evening sessions and speak to the entire camp. Some examples from 2017 are: a panel of people from the homelessness bureau, all people who had experienced homelessness themselves or are currently experiencing homelessness, current residents of Baltimore who are trying to enact change, leaders of organizations (such as NoisyTenants), and more.

Change The World Talks

Change The World talks are talks created by the staff, it can be an RA, TA or Instructor. This talks take place at the Geneva Hall (same building were you take classes) and you will receive a sheet in which they explain you which talk will take place and which classroom. Each talk lasted 25 minutes and for each 25 minutes you have multiple options of talks to attend. This last from 7:00 pm till 8:25pm and after the talk you go to your classroom and share you experience.

Student Life

Activities

One activity period is offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays (equivalent to a daily activity), lasting roughly 1.5hrs. There are usually 4-5 choices. On the other days, the students are giving the option of dorm time or signing out. On weekends there are also activity options, as well as larger activities such as exploring the Inner Harbor, Casino Night, and the Talent Show.

Signing in and out

Students are given the option to sign out with a buddy to roam the Baltimore In Bounds areas, or to sign in and stay within the Residence In Bounds areas.
Students can do this on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Sometimes on weekends as well.

Dances

The dances have refreshments. These usually consist of chips, pretzels, popcorn, cookies, sprite, soda, diet soda, and water. This is a very nice change from most regular CTY dances, which only have a water fountain.
The atmosphere is relaxed compared to regular CTY dances - young adults are left to be young adults (no flashlights).

Canon

In 2017, most canon songs were played at most dances. At all dances, Forever Young, Mr. Brightside, Don't Stop Believing, Stairway to Heaven, and American Pie were played. In addition, the Wobble was also pkyed at every dance. At some dances, the Cupid Shuffle, Cha Cha Slide, Danza Kuduro, Everytime We Touch, and Sandstorm were played. At the first dance,

Sleepovers

In 2014, the original plan was for sleepovers to be allowed to boys on the second Friday and to girls on the second Saturday (same floor only). However, soon after this was announced, the girls petitioned successfully for both boys and girls to be allowed sleepovers on the second Friday and Saturday (same restrictions applying).
Sleepovers are also allowed on the last night (third thursday), under the same previous conditions, and as long as mattresses are returned to their original rooms before 8am, when rooms are returned.
In 2015, sleepovers were only allowed Saturday nights and for the last night (last thursday) sleepovers were not allowed.

Traditions

There are a few, increasing each year.
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Canon

Lovetape day

This was first brought to Berkeley in 2014, and was held on the second Thursday. This is because it was decided that it would be during the middle of the second week, but there was a speaker on Tuesday, rendering it inappropriate for students to be covered in tape; and there was a field experience on Wednesday, hence the same problem.
In 2015, there was a spirit week, which was held on the last week (monday: pajama day, tuesday: twin day, wednesday: nothing because of field experience and thursday: LOVE TAPE DAY)

Grass Orgies (grorgies)

This is not usually possible in the normal in-bounds areas, however on some activities and when walking to the BART station students will walk through the university campus, where grass orgies are possible.

Passionfruit

In 2015, it was held in front of the Campanile (Sather Tower) and it was from 5:30am-6:30am.
There was no SKL juice, instead we had Welch's passionfruit juice.

Giggly Soup (GS-CLI)

GS-CLI

Name

Mr Chris Worthington, the third speaker at BRK.14, explained how he and his partner were affectionately named the 'Giggly Soup Twins' by his passing father.

Aim

To express gratitude openly and freely.

Instructions

1) Write a note to anyone in CLI (can be students or staff), to express gratitude, admiration, appreciation or just all round good vibes.
2) It must be anonymous (don't sign your name).
3) Drop it in one of the mailboxes on the 3rd floor and an RA will deliver the note.
4) Rinse, and repeat.

Students

Order by year attended, and then alphabetically by surname please.