{"id":2910,"date":"2021-02-10T21:19:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2021-02-10T21:37:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:37:49","slug":"gap-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/2021\/02\/10\/gap-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Gap Years Matter More Than Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you wondering about the benefits of a Gap Year, and realistic options amidst COVID and the disruption of higher ed? Join Katherine Stievater, Founder of Gap Year Solutions, for a presentation and Q&amp;A about the benefits of a Gap Year and what Gap Years look like when international travel may be very limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Katherine-Stievater.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2911\" width=\"142\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Katherine-Stievater.png 682w, https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Katherine-Stievater-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Katherine-Stievater-630x840.png 630w, https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Katherine-Stievater-600x797.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><figcaption>Katherine Stievater<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bio: Katherine Stievater founded Gap Year Solutions to help students successfully transition to college with a customized plan that builds life skills through \u201cReal World Learning.\u201d Based in Belmont, MA, she is Accredited by the national Gap Year Association, and is a Professional member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association. Katherine speaks and publishes regularly about Gap Years and how they fit into college planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wednesday March 3rd<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>more details soon&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to Gap Year Solutions website:<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gapyearsolutions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gapyearsolutions.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to Gap Year student photos: &nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/u\/s!AsNqX-iX9fDQg5hTwdRbWQWGggLuGQ?e=vhkFYf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/1drv.ms\/u\/s!AsNqX-iX9fDQg5hTwdRbWQWGggLuGQ?e=vhkFYf<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gapyearsolutions.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gap_year_solutions.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2914\" width=\"290\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gap_year_solutions.png 565w, https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gap_year_solutions-300x60.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you wondering about the benefits of a Gap Year, and realistic options amidst COVID and the disruption of higher ed? Join Katherine Stievater, Founder of Gap Year Solutions, for&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/2021\/02\/10\/gap-years\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2910"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2922,"href":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions\/2922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.northptso.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}