Tuesday, January 31, 2012
2012 is off to a great start! We've been hammering out the details and have finalized an awesome new project that we're incredibly excited about!
Our new Social Entrepreneurship Competition Project- College Project Managers will be leading a team of high school students in the creation of a business plan that will make a positive impact on the community, with an emphasis in the water industry. High school students will have access to Basecamp, a project management website, and attend monthly meet-ups at the OpenMiKE facility at Spreenkler Talent Labs.
Project sites include: SUPAR, Bradley Tech, the Professional Learning Institute, and Neu-Life Community Resource Center.
Competition meetings have already begun, and soon the new College Project Managers will be helping at the sessions! Each team will submit their final business canvas by May 4th and will present it at the Lead to Succeed End of the Year Celebration Ceremony on May 11th! Stay tuned for more updates and pictures from our innovative high school groups!
Lead to Succeed is an industry-driven youth leadership development program in which college students mentor a team of high school students in a service learning project that addresses needs identified by local non-profit organizations. Each project is also connected to in-demand career fields. Students awaken their inner leader, sharpen their community engagement skills, and plan for their future while designing and executing each unique, high-impact service learning project.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
First Semester Wrap-Up!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Our fall semester Project Managers have completed their work with Lead to Succeed. Here's what some had to say about finishing up their portion of the projects:
How do you feel that your project will impact the community?
"Our team has not only developed a concrete plan for our project, we have completed it. Our service learning involvement coincides with a class that is only one semester long so we had to fit a lot into a short amount of time. We spent weeks volunteering in the community with the students and filming their involvement. We made cookies for the church that Milwaukee Excel works with. We raked leaves in the community, wrote letters to the troops, and started a food drive for the homeless! We documented the students efforts and made a short video for Milwaukee Excel High School regarding volunteerism in the community. The goal was to create a relationship with the community since Milwaukee Excel High School is brand new. I think our video will show the community that the school is full of good kids with good intentions towards the neighbors and the community!" -Elizabeth D., Milwaukee Excel Youth Volunteerism Project
"I think having them [multicultural murals] will impact the community at Waukesha South High School. After having discussions with all of the kids in our group meetings, it is evident that diversity is an issue at the school. I think that having multiple murals (this year's 3 murals and last year's mural) will really be a reminder to the kids to be open to different ideas and people, and to be respectful. I think respecting others is one of the most important lessons that high school youth can learn! Hopefully parents and people from the community that walk around the school will see these murals, and it will make them think about diversity a little bit, because I think it's definitely not a topic that people think about every day, though it should be because it's such a huge part of our lives." -Meaghann C., Diversity Mural
Our fall semester Project Managers have completed their work with Lead to Succeed. Here's what some had to say about finishing up their portion of the projects:
How do you feel that your project will impact the community?
"Our team has not only developed a concrete plan for our project, we have completed it. Our service learning involvement coincides with a class that is only one semester long so we had to fit a lot into a short amount of time. We spent weeks volunteering in the community with the students and filming their involvement. We made cookies for the church that Milwaukee Excel works with. We raked leaves in the community, wrote letters to the troops, and started a food drive for the homeless! We documented the students efforts and made a short video for Milwaukee Excel High School regarding volunteerism in the community. The goal was to create a relationship with the community since Milwaukee Excel High School is brand new. I think our video will show the community that the school is full of good kids with good intentions towards the neighbors and the community!" -Elizabeth D., Milwaukee Excel Youth Volunteerism Project
"I think having them [multicultural murals] will impact the community at Waukesha South High School. After having discussions with all of the kids in our group meetings, it is evident that diversity is an issue at the school. I think that having multiple murals (this year's 3 murals and last year's mural) will really be a reminder to the kids to be open to different ideas and people, and to be respectful. I think respecting others is one of the most important lessons that high school youth can learn! Hopefully parents and people from the community that walk around the school will see these murals, and it will make them think about diversity a little bit, because I think it's definitely not a topic that people think about every day, though it should be because it's such a huge part of our lives." -Meaghann C., Diversity Mural
Friday, January 13, 2012
Check it out!
Friday, January 13, 2012
You guessed it- Lead to Succeed finally has a Facebook page! LIKE us now and stay up-to-date on all the latest happenings in the LTS community!
Find us here!
You guessed it- Lead to Succeed finally has a Facebook page! LIKE us now and stay up-to-date on all the latest happenings in the LTS community!
Find us here!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The Moment You've All Been Waiting For...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Here it is- the fantastic video that our students and Project Managers put together!
The Lead to Succeed students at Milwaukee Excel High School did an amazing job this semester! From outdoor cleanup to writing letter for our troops, they fully engaged themselves in their community and volunteered in a variety of ways.
Check out their video here!
Here it is- the fantastic video that our students and Project Managers put together!
The Lead to Succeed students at Milwaukee Excel High School did an amazing job this semester! From outdoor cleanup to writing letter for our troops, they fully engaged themselves in their community and volunteered in a variety of ways.
Check out their video here!
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