Which Changemakers Are Inspring our Sixth Graders?

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…

As Local As It Gets: Meet Our Hillbrook Entrepreneurs

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…

On Campus and Beyond: Celebrating Student Entrepreneurs

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…

These Are a Few of Ms. Mak’s Favorite Things

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…

Action and Agency

by Annie Makela, Founding Director of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Hillbrook School From pediatric cancer to climate change, from racial justice to homelessness and foster care, from small business support to pandemic recovery response, young people care…

Finding My Voice as Part of the Scott Center Community

Hillbrook Alum Angie Zoric ’20 writes the latest installment in our Student Voice series, looking back at the ways she figured out what mattered to her during her time as a middle schooler. When I joined the Hillbrook community in…

Creativity in the Age of COVID

by Annie Makela, Founding Director of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Hillbrook School I’ve always been a lover of school supplies, from perfectly packaged felt tip pens to colorful Post-Its to new paper notebooks. I’m also a person…

A Summer of Distance Learning

Hillbrook Alum Edis Mesic ’20 writes the first post in our Student Voice series, looking back at his time volunteering with the Scott Center this summer. The summer this year brought with it a smorgasbord of challenges and opportunities, and…