Edge 21

EDGE 21 is a multigenerational program to enroll eligible 21st Century Scholars, complete readiness requirements, and provide weekly mentoring through Huddles in each Putnam County High School. Our goal is to embolden these scholars into post secondary educations and successful careers. EDGE 21 has created weekly Huddles made up of a Success Coach and 4-5 students. Through these Huddles, EDGE 21 provides mentoring to scholars in life skills by sharing authentic personal experiences, values, and beliefs to build student character, post-secondary educational readiness, and successful engagement in their career. EDGE 21 supports teachers and counselors in 7th and 8th grade enrollment and high school readiness requirements. EDGE 21 mobilizes individuals in our community to invest in intergenerational relationships that engage, connect, and encourage commitments that ripple back into the family, school, and community. EDGE 21 emboldens the character of students and 21st Century Scholars through mentoring, counseling, and growing spiritually. In an age of growing isolation through transactional and digital relationships, of a growing number of unfunded school mandates, and of more absent parents, EDGE 21 is standing in the gap, building bridges across generations to see every generation living a life of purpose, boldness, and impact.