May 2021 Newsletter
C2 After School
C2 Pipeline continues to provide afterschool programming in 24 high school sites in the Metro-Detroit area. Our focus is to help students become ready for college and career aspirations, with a concentration on STEM. Each of our sites run at least 2.5 hours of programming, daily Monday - Thursday. Some of our sites are hosting in-person programs, while some are still virtual. Students will be able to enroll for the career pathways that interest them the most: Health and Human Services, Science, Business and Engineering Technology. All enrichments are hands-on and project based, making it not only educational, but fun as well. Check out our Centers to see if you or your student is eligible for this program. To become part of our C2 team, simply find your school's registration tile and complete the online registration. All applications can be found by following this link: www.waynestate.inforeadyscale.com/hub.
For any questions, contact your school's Site Coordinator or email c2pipeline@wayne.edu
Below are pictures of our students at Clintondale High School selling their board game creation "Graduation Celebration". They did a wonderful job and we cannot wait to play!
Summer 2021 Day Camps
June 21 - August 5, 2021
All summer day camps will run Monday - Thursday. Rising 9th - 12th grade students will be eligible to attend two camps per week - one during the morning session (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) and a different camp during the afternoon session (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM). With over 40 camp topics available, there is something for everyone! Applications are currently LIVE on the WSU K-12 website.
The fee for each camp is $250.00. Scholarships are available for students who attend C2 funded high schools or who are home schooled and would be attending one of our funded schools or attend a parochial school in our catchment area. The list of funded high schools can be found at https://c2pipeline.wayne.edu/centers. Please contact your Site Coordinator for more information regarding scholarships.
2021 STEM Challenge
June 21 - August 5, 2021
The STEM Challenge is an interactive virtual competition that lasts 6 weeks throughout the summer. High school students will work in teams to create a viable solution to one of the three topics listed below. Teams will be given their own mentor, access to weekly workshops with industry and academic professionals, and virtual platform in which to be creative. Students will submit their projects at the end of the six weeks though a video submission, and an informal research paper. Their video and paper will be judged by a panel of judges along with the contribution of social media.
To apply for the STEM Challenge, click here WSU K-12 website.
Check out last year's STEM Challenge winning video below:
Social Emotional Theme: Self-Efficacy
For the month of May, the C2 Pipeline SEL Committee chose the theme "Self-Efficacy" for our Social and Emotional Learning activities. Students will engage in activities that focus on building self-confidence, self-awareness and reaching their potential. Students will participate in many reflective and interactive activities this month, including: developing SMART goals, creating a Psychology Body Map and learning how to positively reframe their thinking. This will be the final month of our SEL Calendar for the 2020-2021 School Year. Did you enjoy our new SEL Curriculum? Are there any themes or activities you would like to see next year? Email us at c2pipeline@wayne.edu.
Student of the Month: Ashlee Harris (Detroit Collegiate Prep @ Northwestern)
Ashlee Harris before taking ill, has not only been our most consistent student this year, and always showing initiative and creating ideas to improve the C2 Pipeline program, but even when Ashlee was out of school due to illness, she would still ask her Mom for permission to group call the SC on a daily basis for the purpose of checking on students, offering ideas on how to recruit within the COVID-19 pandemic, sending out e-mail invites to fellow students, calling students with ideas on how to deal with potential stress and loneliness, and overall just making every attempt to encourage other and practice the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Calendar activities / wisdom she would learn during her time spent in the daily club activities. For Ashlee, it did not matter if this was time we could record in EZ Reports or not, as she simply cares for her fellow students and the C2 Pipeline staff and was simply trying to ensure no one was experience stress or loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she did it all why she was ill herself!
Staff Member of the Month: Iffat Chowdery (Frontier International Academy)
Iffat is an Activity Facilitator at Frontier International Academy and previously at Harper Woods High School. She has progressed with C2 Pipeline over the last few years. She has been planning and instructing classes, as well as being an amazing mentor to the students. Iffat will be graduating with her Bachelors' Degree in Public Health from Wayne State in the next few weeks! Congratulations on your new degree and thank you for all of the help you have provided our students over the past several years!
Partner of the Month: Coach Carter (Oak Park High School)
Coach Carter has been a huge supporter of our C2 Pipeline program at Oak Park High School. He is always looking out for his athletes and having them join C2, to ensure they are getting the academic and emotional assistance and support they need to be successful in high school. He ensures that his athletes come to the program and he attends as well, adding a unique and fun energy to the afterschool session! Thank you, Coach Carter for all of your help and support! We appreciate you!
Upcoming Events
May 7: Grantee Youth Council Meeting
May 31: Memorial Day
C2 Pipeline is a Wayne State University, College of Nursing S.T.E.M. Accredited Program
Funded by a 21st CCLC Grant through the Michigan Department of Education