May 2007

 
The Impact of the Center - Beyond One-Day/Weekend Events

So what is it that the Center does? We get that question a lot - and I am not always sure about the best way to answer it.
Stories from the Team Study Labs

Erich Schafer and Mike Gritmans, 8th grade Social Studies teachers at North Jr. High in St. Cloud, have brought students to our annual conference for several years; but they had struggled with how support students' desire to engage in further learning-and-actions.
Stories of Speaking, of Silence, and of Action

Lynn Hanson, service-learning coordinator for District 742, asked the thirty students from Apollo High School (St. Cloud) what they wanted to do next.
A New Club Joins Apollo's Activity List

This year during the second trimester, Apollo Sr. High formed a new club called the GSA, which is short for "Gay Straight Alliance".
The Story of a "Day on the Hill"

On our Culturing Compassion weekends, students engage in activities of direct service. They also learn about the importance of addressing decision-makers about underlying causes of poverty and homlessness.
 
The Power of Stories Shared

Alex Lenzen, 11th grader at Cathedral H.S. (St. Cloud), realized that the completion of a research project on sexual assault cold not be the end.
Stories that Unfold, Deepen Over Time

When people ask me how the Center got started, I talk about the numerous times over the years in which students took an issue and ran with it, and I did my best to keep up.
Local Student Explores AmeriCorps While in High School

Henry David Thoreau once said, "Go confidently in the directions of your dream. Live the life that you have imagined." This is a quote I live by. I myself am a person with many dreams, goals, and ambitions.