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Bryant said, \u201cWe talk a lot about the invisible kid; how the invisible kid is the kid that might not necessarily be the best at academics or sports, so they often get overlooked. We always try to make those kids feel like they\u2019re part of something and let them know we see and care about them and that they are a part of our school. That\u2019s one of the pillars of the whole Jostens Renaissance program.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s not just students being recognized and initiating change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cstaffulty\u201d is equally engaged in changing the school culture, and the students are working to be sure the \u201cstaffulty\u201d knows they are seen and appreciated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE WORK OF THE RENAISSANCE TEAM ISSEEN THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The program is shaping student leaders\u2019 futures, too. Smith Rogel realized the magnitude of its impact during a recent Renaissance conference in Orlando at Disney World, usually the greatest place on earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Smith Rogel said, \u201cIf you know anything about Disney World, it\u2019s very packed. Everyone was really excited to go to Disney World, but when we were waiting in line, it really wasn\u2019t. I told some of the guys I would much rather be in the hotel brainstorming, thinking of ideas, or listening and taking notes at a session. I couldn\u2019t [focus] on being at Disney World, which was really surprising.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The community can and is assisting with changing the environment at SCHS. There is no funding for the school\u2019s Renaissance Team, leaving them to rely entirely on the community\u2019s support to continue their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA big part of Renaissance is the support through our community through partnerships. As a partner, we not only want you to help us financially, but we want you in this building at our events. When they see what we\u2019re doing and our positivity, it will affect them and move into their own lifestyles and businesses. Because if they see positivity in what we\u2019re doing, maybe they\u2019ll be inclined to spread that positivity into their own workforces,\u201d said Herrod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A school\u2019s Renaissance spreading into the community \u2014 after all that\u2019s been going around the past three years, there\u2019s something we\u2019ll be happy to catch! GN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DID YOU feel like an outsider at some point in high school? Do you remember the invisible boundaries between you and those in sports or clubs? Were your grades or wardrobe always short of measuring up? Did high school make you feel more alone than connected?\u00a0 Visit Shelbyville Central High School (SCHS) today, and you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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