by Annie Makela, Founding Director of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Women’s History Month provides the opportunity to double-click on some of the stories and values we teach and celebrate year-round at the Scott Center. This month we’ve been …
Gender equity is one of the issues that matters a great deal to many Hillbrook students that we hear from at the Scott Center. We’ve gathered up some of the thoughts and messages that students have shared around this topic …
Seventh graders Tess, Brody, and Finn ’22 tell us all about their project in Ms. Ngo’s From Idea to Implementation elective.
Can you describe your project? What was the problem and who was the customer?
Our problem was that the …
by Annie Makela, Founding Director of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship
In our January newsletter, we shared our thinking about what attributes and mindsets are connected to being a changemaker. We heard from many of you with suggestions, ideas, …
by Founding Director of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Annie Makela
January in schools has always served as more of an exclamation point than a period. This year in particular, I found myself ending more sentences …
The celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January serves as a thoughtful punctuation of our year-long dedication to teach children (and ourselves!) about changemakers from around the world that are working in their own unique ways to …
by Annie Makela, Founding Direct of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Over the past several weeks, I’ve seen so many examples of the ways that the spirit of social entrepreneurship is both deeply rooted and ever-growing in the Hillbrook …
We get to see Hillbrook students using their social entrepreneurial skillset every day. In classrooms all over campus, they exercise and strengthen their communication skills by articulating what matters to them and what they’re doing about it. In Scott Center …
We at the Scott Center are lucky enough to hear what matters to Hillbrook students on a regular basis. Their passions range far and wide, and sometimes even include certain companies, products, manufacturing styles, or mission statements. So as the …
by Annie Makela, Founding Director of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship
It has never been more critical to be mindful of how our holiday shopping and eating can be a powerful tool for social change. For many small businesses …