Designing Your Year for 9th and 10th Graders

Earlier this week, our team facilitated our annual workshop on Designing Your Year, for students entering the 9th and 10th grades. The workshop used design thinking principles to empower students in 9th and 10th grades to create their own plan for the coming school year, with clear goals and action steps.

We’ve developed a model from our work with students which has proved to be a useful guide for our discussions:




This year’s workshop proved to a huge success, with more than 60 students and parents engaged for more than 2 hours on yet another zoom meeting.


Here is a video archive for the sessions:


STUDENTS ENGAGED WITH OUR TOOLS SET:


WE WERE LUCKY TO HEAR FROM THE FOLLOWING FOLKS:

  • Dr. Rich Feller, who developed YouScience as a tool to help student develop a better understanding of their aptitudes and interests.
  • Robyn Gill, a parent who shared what designing your high school was like for her 3 very different kids.
  • Wyatt Gill, a student who designed his high school experience and is now a sophomore at USC.


Guide to Engagement In High School: The i4 Framework

The most successful college applicants have engaged in activities that are based on their interests, aptitudes, and motivations. This guide presents our i4 framework and walks you through how your student can optimize their interest, involvement, initiative, and impact to successfully engage during high school and develop into a strong college applicant.


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