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What’s Possible This Year
Project Success students are stepping into a new school year filled with opportunities to explore, create, connect, and grow. See what’s ahead across Workshops, Arts, Expeditions, and Institute, and how the Project Success curriculum connects it all.
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Working Hand in Hand
What does Project Success look like from an educator’s perspective? Seven of our school partners share how the work goes hand in hand.
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Mankato: A Year of Conscious Choices
As Project Success begins its fourth school year in Mankato, the students we first met in seventh grade are now tenth graders. This year, they’ll explore conscious decision-making while Project Success continues growing alongside them, building on years of relationships, learning, and intentional choices.
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Who is a teacher who’s made a difference in your life?
As a new school year begins to take shape, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the teachers who inspire, encourage,…
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More Than a Workshop: How Lasting Relationships Help Students Grow
During the 2025–26 school year, Project Success facilitators led 4,570 classroom workshops across 24 middle and high schools in Minneapolis and Mankato. For many students, the facilitator leading those workshops wasn’t someone they had just met; it was someone who had been part of their journey for years.
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212 PS Students Explore the BWCA and Discover Themselves: “I’m stronger than I thought”
This summer, 212 middle school students from 13 Minneapolis schools took part in one of Project Success’s longest-running experiential learning programs. Across five weeklong expeditions in partnership with Wilderness Canoe Base, students explored the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness while discovering more about themselves and one another.
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We Want to Hear From You: What Place Changed You?
Tell us about a time you stepped outside your familiar space and what it taught you about yourself or the world.
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Growing Together: Three Years of Project Success in Mankato
Three years ago, when Project Success first arrived in Mankato, marking its first expansion beyond the Twin Cities, the goal was simple: build relationships with students in middle school and grow alongside them over time.
This year, that vision reached an important milestone.
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A Sweet Partnership to Support Project Success Students
This summer, Project Success is the featured nonprofit for The Henry Lake Project’s limited-edition Sebastian Joe’s ice cream flavor. Learn how this sweet partnership came together and how every scoop and pint helps create more opportunities for our students.
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Where History Meets Possibility: A Washington, D.C. Expedition
Students had a life-changing week in Washington, D.C. as part of a longstanding partnership between Project Success and the Minnesota Vikings. With additional support from Tradehome Shoes, the experience brought history to life through shared learning, meaningful conversations, and unforgettable moments.
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This Is Me: More Than a Musical
The final curtain may have closed, but the impact of this year’s musical theater season is just beginning. Across three Minneapolis middle schools, students spent eight weeks building confidence, friendships, resilience, and the courage to step into the spotlight.
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Breaking Up with Middle School, One Song at a Time
Workshop Facilitator Clayton Delp guided eighth grade students as they wrote “break up letters” to middle school and turned them into original songs. With humor, honesty, and plenty of personality, students reflected on where they’ve been and looked ahead to the next chapter.
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Media Inquiries: Qhov Kev Ua Tau Zoo yog qhib rau kev thov los ntawm kev tshaj xov xwm nrhiav cov kws tshaj lij tawm tswv yim txog cov xwm txheej tam sim no hauv kev txhim kho cov tub ntxhais hluas, kev kawm K12, lossis cov dab neeg hais txog cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab tsev neeg uas peb ua haujlwm nrog txhua hnub thoob plaws peb Cov Kev Ua Haujlwm, Kev Ua Yeeb Yam, Kev Tshawb Fawb, thiab Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv cov kev pab cuam. Txhawm rau thov kev xam phaj, nqe lus, lossis mus ntsib qhov chaw, hu rau Adrienne Diercks, Founder and Executive Director.
Adrienne Diercks
Founder thiab Executive Director
[email protected]612.874.1777 Xav paub ntau ntxiv txog Adrienne Diercks
Laura Garcia
Senior Director of Programs – Minneapolis
[email protected]612-876-3907 Xav paub ntau ntxiv txog Laura Garcia
Dr. Elia Dimayuga-Bruggeman
Senior Education Advisor
[email protected] Xav paub ntau ntxiv txog Dr. Elia Dimayuga-BruggemanCov Tsev Qiv Ntawv & Cov Cai
Hais txog qhov Project Success: Since 1994, Project Success has been connecting students to their purpose through a proven methodology of experiential learning called DIG (Dream. Ignite. Grow.) Project Success motivates and inspires each student in every school we serve to dream about their futures, help them create a plan to get there, and give them the tools and support they need to achieve their goals. Project Success has grown to serve more than 17,000 students annually in all Minneapolis public middle and high schools and now growing in the Mankato Area Public Schools district. Project Success has served 225,000+ students and counting: alumni who have a deeper understanding of themselves and an authentically personal vision of their future. To request use of Project Success logo, images, or b-roll, please reach out to [email protected].
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