Sprouting Confidence

Wauwatosa West High School

Deionna Matthews used to struggle to stay motivated through high school. Then she found Teens Grow Greens, an organization that prepares teenagers for adult life and employment through gardening, entrepreneurship, and community building. Students at Wauwatosa West High School explored how one community of young gardeners in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is developing important life skills.

Produced by Mya Morgan, Kyle Cvecko, and Katie Herring at Wauwatosa West High School in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Station support is provided by SRL Connected Educator Christopher Lazarski. Station support is provided by WPT.

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Student Reporting Labs connect students with an innovative video journalism curriculum and a network of public broadcasting mentors to develop digital media, critical thinking and communication skills while producing original news reports from a youth perspective.

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American Graduate: Getting to Work, public media’s long-term commitment to supporting community-based solutions in education. Supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, more than 128 public radio and television stations have joined forces with more than 1,700 partners and at-risk schools across 48 states and one territory.

Major support is also provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Kauffman Foundation, the Lumina Foundation and the National Science Foundation.

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