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INSIGHTS Just In ...
April 2012
In this issue...
Great Idea Grants awarded
TFIM plans site visits
Hear Me 101
Dr. Croushore accepts award

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Spring round of Great Idea Grants marks milestone

 

In its 50th round of awards, The Consortium's Great Idea Grants program selected a dozen classroom projects for funding that helped push total awards past the $1.5 million mark since the first grant was made 25 years ago. To learn more about the latest awards, click here.

Conference planning meeting

Student Leadership Conference for The Future Is Mine (TFIM) begins  

April 26

 

Teams from 24 high schools participating in The Consortium's career exploration program, The Future Is Mine (TFIM), will come together in April for their annual Student Leadership Conference. To learn more about the two-day event, click here.

Students explore community concerns through Hear Me 101 documentary projects

 

Teams of students from four high schools - Clairton City, McKeesport Area, Steel Valley and Woodland Hills - have been making documentaries as part of Hear Me 101, an initiative The Consortium is supporting in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab, the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project and Pittsburgh Filmmakers. The projects are aimed at empowering students to address concerns about their communities and schools. To learn more about their progress, click here.

 

Consortium's Executive Director honored at luncheon

 

The Consortium's Executive Director was among eight local leaders the Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania honored in March as "Women of Distinction." To learn more about the awards, click here.