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EVENTS
Recycle for Minneapolis Students
Achieve! Career and College Center Grand Opening
Principal For A Day
Business Partnership Luncheon
Back to School Rally
Recycle for Minneapolis Students
From May 7th to June 1st, recycle your outdated phone books in recycling bins on the property of 8 Minneapolis Public Schools. For every book collected, Dex will donate $1.00 to Achieve!Minneapolis’ Community Learning Fund, which funds field trips for Minneapolis students. Please view the flyer for a full list of drop-off sites
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Achieve! Career and College Center Grand Opening
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The Grand Opening for the Career and College Initiative took place on November 17th at Roosevelt High School. The center at Roosevelt is one of the eight centers serving high school students in Minneapolis Public Schools. The computers are installed and working, the furniture is snazzy, the four installed air conditioners make the climate inviting. Our Coordinators in these centers maker an exceptional team who are making connections for students to support their career and college dreams.
Fifteen students took guests on tours through the centers and discussed how they are using the tools for research and meeting with college and community agencies for conversations on their life plans.
Speakers at the event were, Mayor R.T. Rybak; Winston Wallin, Chairman Emeritus of Medtronic, Inc.; Kent Larson, Chair-Elect of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce; Sarah McKenzie, Vice President of Ameriprise Financial; Bruce Gillman, Principal of Roosevelt High School and Mike Walker, Coordinator of the Roosevelt Career and College Center. All speakers framed up the urgency and need to collaborate to help “this most valuable generation of Minneapolis youth,” as Mayor Rybak so accurately described.
We have many many people to thank for helping us actualize this vision that Win Wallin articulated just two years ago. We are thankful for our partnerships with the Minneapolis Public Schools, the business and higher education community and our sister non-profit organizations – all of whom are stepping up to embrace these students so that they can dream and see themselves with a future to be proud of.
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Business and community leaders found out what a public school administrator's day is like as they shadowed Minneapolis Public School principals. They greeted students, read morning announcements, attended faculty meetings, and supervised the school lunchroom— all of the activities that make up a day in the life of a principal in Minneapolis. They learned that principals are masters at multitasking: one PFAD was "very impressed by the principal's ability to manage a wide range of roles— coaching teachers, reviewing data, handling discipline issues, motivating people."
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The Principal For A Day event provided an opportunity for business executives, government officials, and leaders of community organizations to learn first-hand about the challenges and rewards of educating an urban student population. They learn that the student population is diverse, polite, and eager to learn. They also learn that principals and staff are dedicated to their students and committed to ensuring that our youth are prepared to enter the work force or post-secondary institutions.
The goals for Principal For A Day are to create awareness of the challenges and rewards of educating an urban student population and provide insight into the needs of the schools. Principal For A Day demonstrates that community involvement is critical for student success as well as the economic health of the community.
The Principal For A Day model
was developed by PENCIL,
Inc. (Public Education Needs Civil Involvement in Learning) in New York
City. Approximately 1,000 New York City public schools participate in
the program each year. With assistance from PENCIL, school systems across
the country have adopted the model to enable community leaders to experience
a day in the life of a public school principal and then share their
impressions with school leaders.
Principal for a Day Photo Gallery and Participants
Sixth Annual Event
Fifth Annual Event
Fourth Annual Event
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Dr. Verna Cornelia Price, president and principal consultant of J. Cameron & Associates and founder of Girls in Action™ was the keynote speaker at the Fourth Annual Business Partnership Luncheon held on October 5 at the McNamara Alumni Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota. More than 240 guests heard her remarks as she told them about her work to empower young women in the Minneapolis Public Schools and her call to action to mentor and encourage youth to reach their full potential.
Attendees also heard from interim Superintendent Dr. Bill Green and Mayor R.T. Rybak. Kafiya Ahmed, a STEP-UP intern, spoke about her dreams for a career in international diplomacy and how her summer job in the mayor’s office helped her take the first step toward accomplishing her goals.
The annual event raises funds for Achieve!Minneapolis.
Fifth Annual Education Partnership Luncheon
Please call 612.455.1530 for tickets.
When: Thursday, November 1st
11:30 AM Luncheon
Where: Windows on Minnesota
50th floor of the IDS Center
Keynote: Geoffrey Canada, renowned author and President/CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone
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Back to School Rally
Over 4,000 people were in attendance at the Second Annual Focus Forward Back to School Rally on August 30th.
The rally was a celebration of the commitment to high standards in education. Achieve!Minneapolis co-sponsored the rally with the Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership.
