Center for Community Engagement &
Service Learning: Student Section
Public Achievement
Public Achievement (PA) is a youth initiative that engages young people in experience-based civic education. Its goal is to create a more expansive notion of politics, democracy and citizenship by empowering individuals as active decision-makers and agents of public change.
Here at DU, we partner with Front Range Earth Force, a non-profit organization, to implement Public Achievement within Denver Public Schools. Over the past three years, our primary focus was to engage young people at Cole Middle School through an experiential civic education, as part of the school’s reform efforts.
After three successful years at Cole Middle School, a change in administration has caused us to move across town to Bryant-Webster K-8 school. At Bryant-Webster, DU students serve as adult facilitators, or Coaches, for middle school youth involved with service learning projects. Through these projects, DU Coaches help the middle school youth address social issues affecting their community.
WHO?
DU students and middle school youth within Denver Public Schools
WHAT?
DU students will assist teams of middle school students working on a service learning project addressing a social issue. These projects range from improving their school environment, to drug prevention, to school safety
WHEN?
Coaching will take place on Friday afternoons from 1-4:00.
WHERE?
Bryant Webster School in Northwest Denver. Transportation is provided.
WHY?
To make a difference!
Fulfill service requirement for service learning courses.
Fulfill your service hours for your service requirement for LLC.
Get your Work Study $$$ for making a difference in the lives of kids.
Gain valuable experience working with a diverse school and diverse students.
Gain Experience in working toward social justice in Denver’s communities.
Americorps $$$$ ($1,000) also available for all DU students that participate.
Get connected to our partners for your service projects and work collaboratively
