Success StoryBridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap
Author: Casey Townsend
Planning Unit: KSU Administration
Major Program: Volunteer Development
Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Frankfort Independent School District has Fall Break for 3 weeks each week during Fall Break. A community partner from Bridging the Gap decided to bring a group of 1st-11th graders to the Rosenwald Center for programs to explore what the center has to offer. Students worked on public speaking, and the 4-H Deep Water STEM Challenge. Youth expressed interest in DJing as tool to enhance their public speaking skills.
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