by webmaster | Jun 24, 2016 | Stories
“If the community isn’t coming into our school, why don’t we take the school into the community? Let’s have a parade!” This was the brainstorm of Christie Payne, Principal of Homeland Park Primary School in Anderson, SC. Christie had learned about Choose2Matter and...
by webmaster | Jun 24, 2016 | Stories
“We are one, though we are many. And from all the lands on earth we come.” This refrain was heard throughout Melbourne, Australia on a beautiful April morning. It was sung by a flash mob of students from Sunshine Heights Primary School, who had descended on Federation...
by webmaster | Jun 24, 2016 | Stories
This is a Tweet that changed an entire community, for good. Albert Canales, Principal of McAllen HS in Texas, listened to a conference speaker discuss how #Choose2Matter transformed his school, and was moved to send this Tweet. Teacher Jennifer Rodriguez then...
by webmaster | Jun 24, 2016 | Stories
Carlton made “You Matter” the school theme, initially just for the 2013-2014 year – but it has remained at the heart of the school ever since. The school painted the You Matter Manifesto on its main staircase and painted giant depictions of each of the tenets of the...
by webmaster | Jun 24, 2016 | Stories
Oluwakemi Olurinola is an educational technologist and the driving force behind the Nigerian Microsoft Innovative Educators Group, whose goal is to inspire and empower these educators to become innovative solution providers and change agents. We have Skyped with this...
by webmaster | Jun 24, 2016 | Stories
One summer, Dr. Spike Cook watched the You Matter TEDx Talk and knew he had found his theme for the upcoming school year. He played the talk for faculty and shared You Matter cards and some other ideas. Staff member Leigh Simpson upped the stakes, suggesting an...
