Nov 17, 2016
Mike Glover - Principal of McHenry Middle School
Rachel's Challenge

Rachel’s Challenge

MISSION:  Awakening individual TRANSFORMATION and promoting SAFER, MORE CONNECTED SCHOOLS.

VISION:  We see a school free from harassment, bullying and violence where teachers are free to teach and STUDENTS ARE AWAKENED TO LEARN.

AWAKEN THE LEARNER:  All the transformative work we’ve done with Rachel's Challenge over the years has led us to start a chain reaction of our own.

After conducting over 5,000 school programs, we developed Awaken the Learner to expand upon the Rachel's Challenge promise. School administrators and educators repeatedly asked us for their own how-to blueprint to expand upon and implement locally at their own schools. We heard that they are overwhelmed with programs that produce short-term inspiration, with no plan to maintain the mission afterwards. We listened about their need for sustainable tools to change the climate and culture of their school. We went to work and created a program that is really more of a process.