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MT teens learn real life lessons through student-run business
Sidney Fox, coach for the Little Braves basketball team, asked local high schoolers to design and print team shirts with a logo created by his father, but he wasn’t sure what to expect.

Student starts birthday tradition to help the homeless
Fresno State University senior Jasmine Castillo started a tradition for her 21st birthday, and it’s since turned into a family affair that’s also inspired her 7-year-old sister to serve.

Benchmark charter school focuses students on gratitude, service, and patriotism
Students at Benchmark School in Phoenix seem to stand out, in a good way.

‘Most patriotic school in America’ cultivates a culture of service to God and country
Principal Diane Hesterhagen proudly describes St. Adalbert as “the most patriotic school in America,” and for good reason.

IL school’s ‘Wall of Honor’ highlights military veterans serving the community
Officials at Danville, Illinois’ Kenneth D. Bailey Academy want students to look up to military veterans, literally.

TN students step up with ‘amazing display of youthful pride’ in the USA
Over 2,000 students recently put on an “amazing display of youthful pride” in America at an Equine Education Day event in Nashville, Tennessee when a microphone malfunctioned during the National Anthem.

SC fifth-graders reflect on character, decision-making through courtroom role play
Fifth-graders at South Carolina’s Horry and Georgetown county schools are learning about leadership, civics, the judicial system, bullying, peer pressure, drugs and other important issues through role playing.

PA student calls for focus on moral issues to address root causes of school violence
A student at St. Louis de Monfort Academy in Herndon, Pennsylvania is pointing to moral issues in America as the root cause of school violence, and he’s explaining why he doesn’t think new gun control laws will help the situation.

UI students launch nonprofit to help disabled classmates navigate college
University of Iowa student Michael Penniman is changing the way disabled students experience college with the help of two friends and a nonprofit start-up they launched last year.