Teen Programming
At Comunidad, we come alongside our teens in a variety of ways. From year-round mentorship to targeted summer programs like our Coding Bootcamp, our vision is to equip and engage our youth. We provide our teens with social-emotional informed curriculum, sports camps, and academic success coaching.
Champions is a weekly mentoring program for middle and high school-aged youth. This program focuses on building character and leadership skills in teens. It provides opportunities for STEM activities, honest youth talk on relevant topics, and team-building exercises through sports and games. Students meet every Monday, 5-6pm with their group and volunteer mentors.
Interested in supporting mentorship in your community? Mentor positions are currently open to volunteers college age or older.
Champions Mentoring
Rising Leaders
Rising Leaders is a year-round leadership activation program for high school students. We provide teens with opportunities to lead local initiatives. Leaders identify a need in their community, and Comunidad comes alongside to provide the necessary tools and/or finances to respond to the chosen need. Past initiatives have included a community beautification day and a coding bootcamp. Rising Leaders are students thinking beyond high school and collaborating with Comunidad to prepare for college, strengthen their leadership, and develop professional skills.
Coding Bootcamp
Our third Coding Bootcamp kicks off this summer on June 24! During this week-long intensive, over 20 students learn the basics of computer coding in a new language. Coding Bootcamp was founded and led by two of our high school Rising Leaders, whose story can be read here.
Three years since its founding, Coding Bootcamp has equipped 25 teen students with basic computer coding skills. Students who complete the summer curriculum receive a laptop of their own at the end of the bootcamp.
Interested in supporting this initiative? Coding Coach positions are open to volunteers college age or older during the week of June 24-28, 2024. Fill out the interest form to get involved, and we’ll be in touch!
Current Rising Leaders Initiative
Rising Scholars
The Rising Scholars Program is a 9-month internship for locally-rooted high school students. Rising Scholars pursue academic excellence for college-readiness, develop professional skills, and access platforms to become servant leaders in the community. Rising Scholars was founded in response to a Rising Leader’s personal initiative to prepare for college applications. To date, Comunidad has engaged and equipped two Rising Scholars for college.
Rising Scholars commit to working 10 hours per week in the Comunidad office, supporting our programming and administrative needs. Scholars set academic goals and commit to study hours. Additionally, each scholar receives tutoring and college-readiness coaching.
The program runs from September to May and High School Juniors and Seniors who live in the Willston Community are eligible to apply.
Past Rising Leaders Initiative
