We hope you had a great summer! As we head into a new school year, there are a lot of changes we are excited to share with you.
Thanks to our generous supporters, we had an incredible opportunity to connect with more than 950 students across 35 schools through our in-person programs. We watched students grow in confidence as they explored issues that mattered to them and developed ideas for creating safer, healthier communities.
After working in classrooms with different needs, we realized that educators are key to expanding access to our programs. Rather than relying on our small team to reach every classroom, we can equip educators with the tools to bring our curriculum to their own students.
That is why our goal for this school year is to build our Impact Coach Certification Program. This online, self paced course will help teachers and youth program leaders learn our curriculum, connect with other participants, and track their students’ accomplishments. Over time, we plan to expand it into a larger library of resources.
“The Students for Change team member met with my whole class to encourage them in their development of “blue sky dreams” for a new and better future. She then advised students on their individual projects, providing them with additional resources and pushing them to think deeply about their goals and potential strategies of action. It was a wonderful experience for the students and made the class overall a much more powerful learning experience.” – Dr. McClure, Professor
To keep you closer to this work, we are moving from quarterly updates to monthly newsletters. Each month, you will hear about our progress, get an inside look at new resources, and see how your support is helping us put this plan into action. We have also attached our full timeline so you can see what is coming next.
We are so excited for this next chapter and incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported Students for Change from the beginning. Your support helped us reach almost 1,000 students and showed us what we need to build next so we can reach even more.
As always, if you have any questions, ideas, or would simply like to connect, I am always happy to hear from you. Thank you for believing in our work and being part of this journey!
With gratitude,
Sabrina
Founder, Students for Change
