Cityscape Schools and The Compelling Why: Helping to educate the whole child

Cityscape Schools and The Compelling Why: Helping to educate the whole child As we approach the second half of the school year, it’s a great time to reflect on The Compelling Why’s partnership with Cityscape Schools. We sat down with Celia Sanchez, executive principal of East Grand Preparatory, a Cityscape campus serving Pre-K to 8th-grade […]

Alabama student walks 20 miles to new job

Walter Carr walked 20 miles to his new job demonstrating personal responsibility and commitment – two attributes required for “creating your best reality.”  An unexpected result of his action was receiving a gift of a car from his CEO. Read more.

The Compelling Why seminar at SMU

Last week, about 120 freshmen and sophomore students from Bryan Adams, Conrad and Kimball high schools attended a special seminar produced by The Compelling Why and conducted at Southern Methodist University (SMU). The seminars are designed to help students understand the academic enrichment and college-going resources… available to them and the motivation to take advantage […]

The Compelling Why

This week approximately 150 freshmen from all four RISD high schools attended a special seminar held at the University of Texas at Dallas campus designed to help them understand the opportunities currently in front of them as they begin their secondary education in earnest. These “students of promise” were chosen by faculty or staff members […]