need: Our school environment — small school size = …
need: Community Life — what happens at the school, style and culture it takes a community
need: Community Life — what happens at the school, style and culture it takes a community
It Takes a Community
Youth Initiative is founded on the idea that it takes a community to truly educate a student.
Our school community includes the local students, boarding students, parents, boarding families, full-time teachers, part-time teachers, alumni, mentors, business sponsors, and supporters.
We are a small school within a big, loving community.
Our school community includes the local students, boarding students, parents, boarding families, full-time teachers, part-time teachers, alumni, mentors, business sponsors, and supporters.
We are a small school within a big, loving community.
Building Community
From student governance to community service, our students are deeply engaged in activities that ask them to be good stewards of our school and citizens of our community.
Student Service
YIHS students complete, at minimum, 54 hours of service outside of school time. Student volunteer at local events and organizations, help out neighbors, and help run the school.
Maintaining the School
YIHS does not have a janitor. Students have daily cleaning tasks and periodically parents and students perform larger-scale maintenance and beautification of the school.
Student Fundraising
Students collaboratively organize dances, dinners, and other events that raise over $12,000 every year.
School Governance
Students, along with parents and faculty, sit on the Administrative, Personnel, Curriculum, Development, and Finance committees. Students also have positions on the Board of Trustees. Students’ voices are central to school policy discussions and decisions.
Through service work, student meetings, cleaning and maintaining the school facility, attending committee meetings, and organizing fundraisers, students learn that their contributions have value and that their voices and actions matter. At Youth Initiative, we often say that we don’t teach to the test, we teach for life!
Student Service
YIHS students complete, at minimum, 54 hours of service outside of school time. Student volunteer at local events and organizations, help out neighbors, and help run the school.
Maintaining the School
YIHS does not have a janitor. Students have daily cleaning tasks and periodically parents and students perform larger-scale maintenance and beautification of the school.
Student Fundraising
Students collaboratively organize dances, dinners, and other events that raise over $12,000 every year.
School Governance
Students, along with parents and faculty, sit on the Administrative, Personnel, Curriculum, Development, and Finance committees. Students also have positions on the Board of Trustees. Students’ voices are central to school policy discussions and decisions.
Through service work, student meetings, cleaning and maintaining the school facility, attending committee meetings, and organizing fundraisers, students learn that their contributions have value and that their voices and actions matter. At Youth Initiative, we often say that we don’t teach to the test, we teach for life!
“I remember scrambling to fundraise for the school, cleaning the hallways, and meeting with my peers to discuss the school’s future. now that I’m supposedly “all grown up”, I’ve realized that not only did YIHS provide me with an excellent education, but it also taught me some invaluable life skills.” - Jeff M., YIHS Graduate
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