{"id":981,"date":"2011-12-01T09:39:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T17:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnsreporting.com\/blog\/?p=981"},"modified":"2020-04-07T13:10:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:10:01","slug":"hq-feature-challenge-success-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fnsreporting.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/01\/hq-feature-challenge-success-program\/","title":{"rendered":"HQ Feature: Challenge Success Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This article originally appeared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/theharkerschool\/docs\/harker-quarterly-winter-2011\">winter 2011 Harker Quarterly<\/a> and was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harker.org\/challenge-success-program\/\">reprinted in Harker News Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Harker School has a long history of promoting the morals\nand character of its students, encouraging discovery of unique talents and\npassions and giving students opportunities to figure out who they are, and what\nthey love. Recently, Harker added another dimension to its commitment to the\nwhole student when the school was accepted as a Challenge Success partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsored by Stanford University\u2019s School of Education,\nChallenge Success \u201cchallenges the conventional, high pressure and narrow path\nto success and offers practical alternatives to pursue a broader definition of\nsuccess,\u201d said Butch Keller, upper school head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPartnering with Challenge Success is a good\u2028match for Harker. Their mission\nis to improve\u2028 student\nwell-being and engagement with learn\u2028ing,\nso the work we are doing at Challenge Success is a reflection of our\nphilosophy, in many ways,\u201d added Jennifer Gargano,\nassistant head of school for student affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a first step, Harker sent a team of administrators,\nfaculty, parents and students to a weekend conference in early October. They\nattended workshops and met with Harker\u2019s Challenge Success coach, Erika Fur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cErika is really a facilitator and helped us identify and\nclearly articulate our own goal,\u201d said Gargano. \u201cIn general, our goal is to\npromote educational excellence and intellectual curiosity while honoring who\nour students are and their needs at every stage of development. We will meet\nwith Erika in January so we can flesh out the goal and discuss potential action\nitems. Later, we will discuss any steps we need to take to ensure we meet our\ngoal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Challenge Success team will attend the spring conference\nat Stanford to assess progress at that point and plan for the future to achieve\nHarker\u2019s goals to best help students help themselves. If you would like more\ninformation, you can visit www. challengesuccess.org. You can also read more\nabout the Harker team in Harker News Online; search on \u201cChallenge Success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team members are Gargano; Cindy Ellis, middle school head;\nMelinda Gonzales, academic counselor; Rebecca Williams, middle school English\nteacher; Mala Raghavan, upper school chemistry teacher; Helena Jerney, parent\n(Cristina, grade 11 and John Nicolas, grade 8); Jenny Chen, grade 11 student;\nand Darian Edvalson, grade 10 student.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article originally appeared in the winter 2011 Harker Quarterly and was reprinted in Harker News Online. 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