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LEAP Reads In On The Green

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  LEAP  |  Literacy  |  New Haven Green  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Samir Iydroose | July 13th, 2026

A Path To Healing, As "Letters To My Son" LEAPs Into The Spotlight

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  LEAP Solé Scott | March 9th, 2026

A Season of Thanks: LEAP & Partners Serve Up Joy In New Haven

Citizen Contributions  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  LEAP  |  New Haven Schools Melissa Liriano | November 26th, 2025

Braving Federal Funding Cuts, LEAP Leaps Into Halloween

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  LEAP Lucy Gellman | October 27th, 2025

Future Bookworms LEAP Into The Power Of Kindness

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  LEAP  |  Literacy  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | July 11th, 2025

Tracey Massey and Michael Goubourn. Lucy Gellman Photos.

LEAP Takes A Pause To Be Thankful

Citizen Contributions  |  Education & Youth  |  LEAP Melissa Liriano | November 27th, 2024

Young Readers Rejoice With A Book Or Two Of Joy

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  LEAP  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | July 19th, 2024

A Night of Gratitude: Celebrating the LEAP Community With Thankful Dinners

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Citizen Contributions  |  LEAP Melissa Liriano | November 22nd, 2023

Young New Haveners LEAP Into Halloween

Arts & Culture  |  Citizen Contributions  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  Halloween  |  LEAP Melissa Liriano | October 31st, 2023

$3 Million Summer Literacy Initiative Takes Off

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Elicker Administration  |  LEAP  |  Literacy  |  New Haven Reads Ale Cruz | May 17th, 2023

Q House Dances Out Black History Month

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School  |  Black History Month  |  Dance  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  Education & Youth  |  LEAP Neha Middela | March 6th, 2023

Neha Middela Photos.

Read-In LEAPs Into Summer On The Green

Downtown  |  Education & Youth  |  LEAP  |  New Haven Green Al Larriva-Latt | July 18th, 2022

LEAPers Travel The Globe In Summer Showcase

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Education & Youth  |  Fair Haven  |  LEAP Lucy Gellman | August 10th, 2021

At Read-In, Students And Symphony LEAP Back Into Books

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Dwight  |  Education & Youth  |  LEAP Lucy Gellman | July 19th, 2021

From left to right: counselor Justin Short, Montre Gilliam, Dorian Francis, Emmanuel Alvarez, Karaj Barton, and NHSO operations director John Leibensperger. Lucy Gellman Photos.

LEAPers Reimagine Dixwell Avenue

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Education & Youth  |  LEAP  |  Summer camp Lucy Gellman | July 23rd, 2020

Young New Haveners LEAP Into Reading

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Education & Youth  |  LEAP  |  New Haven Green Jamiah Green | July 15th, 2019

LEAP's Read-In Rocks The Green

Books  |  Culture & Community  |  LEAP  |  New Haven Lucy Gellman | July 13th, 2018

Thurgood Marshall Brings the LEAP Community Together

Citizen Contributions  |  LEAP Staff | April 16th, 2018

LEAP Staffer Rachel Kline Brown submitted the following Friday, after LEAP students attended a screening of the film Marshall with the film’s screenwriter, local attorney Michael Koskoff.

Students LEAP Into Halloween

Culture & Community  |  LEAP  |  New Haven Stephen Urchick | October 31st, 2017

LEAP counselor face painting. Henry Fernandez Photos.

Campers Make The LEAP Into Nature

Camping Culture  |  LEAP  |  Nature  |  Woodbridge Lucy Gellman | August 2nd, 2017