Project VOYCE NEWSLETTER

Your Investment in Project VOYCE will pay off in 3 ways:

1. BUILDING NEW NON-TRADITIONAL LEADERS

“Project VOYCE creates great leaders.”  Nate Easley, President of Denver Public School Board of Education

  • Finding and Building Non-traditional Leaders— PV seeks out, hires and trains approx. 150students/year whose leadership skills are under the radar.
  • $750,000 in scholarships and grants—that’s how much just 10 PV graduating seniors have won in the past two years.

2.  IMPROVING SCHOOLS SERVING 92% LOW INCOME STUDENTS

“We wouldn’t be able to make all these wonderful things happen without Project VOYCE.” Bruce Randolph School Principal Cesar Cedillo a week after President Obama praised Bruce Randolph School in his 2011 State of the Union Address

  • Inspiring Thousands of Teachers– PV youth leaders have delivered keynote speeches and trainings to over 3,000 educators in the last 2 years.
  • Changing School Cultures in Schools – PV is building new partnerships with  students,teachers and administrators in  Bruce Randolph School, Manual High,  CEC Middle College and Denver Center for 21st Century Learning

3.  CREATING SYSTEMIC EDUCATIONAL CHANGE

“I am moved and driven to get a group at my school, and listen to students.”

K-12 Administrator’s feedback after PV youths’ keynote  speeches to 350 educators at 2011 National Conference on School Engagement

  • U.S. Dept. of Education selected PV as one of 15 organizations in the U.S. to send youth to discuss their education concerns directly with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
  • 2011 National League of Cities—PV’s workshop with senior education advisers from 40 US cities was described as the highlight of the national gathering.

The youth of Project VOYCE have taken a bold stand to not give up in the face of daunting challenges to their future and that of their little brothers and sisters.

We ask you to stand with them.

Invest in them NOW!

 

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Project VOYCE says hello to TWITTER

You got it right PV friends and partners, Project VOYCE now has a twitter page.

Stay current with everything that is shaking with Project VOYCE VIA twitter. Stay tuned

Tweet us and let us know what you think. Let us hear your voice

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Outward Bound and Project VOYCE

We have had some great experiences with Outward Bound over the past few years. Enjoy the video of those experiences below.

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Project VOYCE in The Denver Post

“I stopped by the eastside office of Project VOYCE, a youth leadership program, on the morning of Michael Hancock’s inauguration as Denver’s 45th mayor.” -Tina Griego

Check out Tina Griego’s article about her recent visit to the Project VOYCE office. Link

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Summer Leadership Institute Application is HERE!

Are you a student at Bruce Randolph School, CEC Middle College, Manual High School or Denver Center for 21st Century Learning (DC-21)?

Are you looking for a PAID job this summer where you will also learn great skills?

Apply to be a part of our Summer Leadership Institute!

Applications are due by 5pm on Friday, April 29th! Call us at 303-292-2488 if you have any questions!

Click here to download the application: Project VOYCE 2011 SLI application

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Welcome Ben Jackson, Our New Board Member!

The news is a little late getting to the website but we wanted to make sure to let everyone know that we are excited to add a new member to our advisory board. Included is Ben’s own letter to the board which makes clear his passion for education and Project VOYCE.

Dear Project Voyce Advisory Board:

When Brian Barhaugh first approached me about possibly joining the Project Voyce Board of Directors, I was thrilled. As a teacher, I had the great opportunity to work directly with Bruce Randolph’s youth leaders and witness firsthand the rapid growth of a program that is so utterly committed to empowering students.Leadership is important to me: specifically, the identification of potential youth leaders and their subsequent development. Invaluable are opportunities for youth to interact with adults, take ownership over complex tasks and demonstrate leadership among their peers and others. In fact, I credit much of my own success to such opportunities. Former students of mine like Lilia Roman, Janet Luna, Romel Greer, Jorge Lopez and Esmeralda Aguilar have all benefitted tremendously by becoming involved in the organization and it has made me proud to be associated with their work as youth leaders in Project Voyce.  Continue reading

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Every Move Counts – check out Sir Martin!

Sir has been an incredible part of Project VOYCE since last summer and was recently accepted to the University of Colorado – Denver. In this video, he explains why his motto is “every move counts.”

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