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.
What does Project Success look like from an educator’s perspective? Seven of our school partners share how the work goes hand in hand.
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.
As a new school year begins to take shape, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the teachers who inspire, encourage, and change lives every day. At Project Success, we’re proud to partner with classroom teachers and school administrators because we know they are essential to the work we do. This month, we’re showing our appreciation…
Tell us about a time you stepped outside your familiar space and what it taught you about yourself or the world.
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.
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.
Our high school seniors are graduating and taking their dreams and plans into the world. As you think back to that time in your life, what is some advice you would give to yourself when you were a high school senior? Some responses will be shared here in this post and on our social media….
“If my life were a tapestry, Project Success would be the foundational fabric that all of the threads that make up my interests, passions, hobbies, and goals are woven into.” — Tanavia Harrington On April 23rd, a tapestry of more than 400 community members gathered to celebrate and support the mission and programs that Project Success has woven…
Cletus Maychrzak first encountered Project Success when his son was a student in Minneapolis Public Schools in the early 2000s. Through PS, he and his son had the opportunity to attend live theater performances – an experience that Cletus describes as “such a gift.” So in 2023, when Cletus saw a call for volunteer drivers with Project Success on a…
On May 15, Project Success will hold its 22nd Annual Fielding Dreams Event. Fielding Dreams is our partnership with the Minnesota Twins that has raised over $1.3 million to support Project Success’s programming which motivates and inspires young people to dream about the future, helps them take steps to get there, and gives them the tools they need to achieve their…
In early 1994, as Project Success was first taking root at North High School in Minneapolis, our founder and executive director, Adrienne Diercks, had an ambitious idea. She was already working with her mentor and former teacher, George Roberts, on bringing workshops into the classroom at North, and she envisioned theater as a powerful part…