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Roanoke City staff say Community Builders summer program helps students transition to high school
Summary
Staff and students described Community Builders as a four-week summer program that exposes rising high schoolers to CTE classes, field trips, community engagement and conversations about mental health, aiming to ease the transition into high school.
Roanoke City Public Schools staff presented Community Builders as a summer transition program designed to prepare students for high school. A staff member said the program gives students practical exposure to career and technical education and public behavior expectations, adding: "One of the mantras we like to tell the kids all the time is try new things."
Program activities include field trips, visits with police officers, games and structured discussions on topics such as mental health, the staff member said. The presentation described Community Builders as a four-week program that brings students from across the city together to explore CTE and build friendships; specific session dates were not specified in the transcript.
