What is Challenge Success?

At Challenge Success, we believe that our society has become too focused on grades, test scores, and performance, leaving little time for kids to develop the necessary skills to become resilient, ethical, and motivated learners. We provide families and schools with the practical, research-based tools they need to create a more balanced and academically fulfilling life for kids. After all, success is measured over the course of a lifetime, not at the end of a semester.

CCHS Challenge Success Priority Areas for 2017-2018

New:

  • Promoting a broader definition of “success”
  • Encouraging students to embrace their interests and abilities, make sleep and PDF (playtime, downtime, family time) a priority, and not let concerns about college admissions excessively dictate choices in and out of school

Ongoing:

  • Assessing homework practices and student workload

CCHS Challenge Success Mission Statement

While some stress in high school is healthy and normal, and may even be motivating to some students, we believe that the level of stress and anxiety we see at our school is too high. Our students are out of balance, so we are partnering with Challenge Success help reduce unhealthy pressures on our youth.  We want the high school experience to be rewarding in its own right and not merely a means to attain a narrow definition of success, often measured by acceptance at a particular college.   We know that developing adolescents need adequate sleep as well as playtime, downtime, and family time (“PDF”) every day in order to thrive, and too often these needs are being neglected due to the competing demands students are facing both in and out of school.

CCHS Challenge Success Mission:

  • To spark curiosity and excitement for the journey of the high school experience
  • To encourage balance, personal growth, and academic excellence
  • To value student voice as a respectful and compassionate community
  • To foster a community that actively challenges and redefines success to support students’ individual well-being

Dialogue Events

Please use the videos to the right to talk to your child/student. Some question starters are provided in this document.

After brainstorming, you can take a look at what our faculty and parents had to say regarding the skits.

Resume Builders

What College Doesn't Matter

Time to Go to Bed

CCHS Challenge Success Mission Statement

While some stress in high school is healthy and normal, and may even be motivating to some students, we believe that the level of stress and anxiety we see at our school is too high. Our students are out of balance, so we are partnering with Challenge Success help reduce unhealthy pressures on our youth.  We want the high school experience to be rewarding in its own right and not merely a means to attain a narrow definition of success, often measured by acceptance at a particular college.   We know that developing adolescents need adequate sleep as well as playtime, downtime, and family time (“PDF”) every day in order to thrive, and too often these needs are being neglected due to the competing demands students are facing both in and out of school.

CCHS Challenge Success Mission:

  • To spark curiosity and excitement for the journey of the high school experience
  • To encourage balance, personal growth, and academic excellence
  • To value student voice as a respectful and compassionate community
  • To foster a community that actively challenges and redefines success to support students’ individual well-being

Additional Resources

CCHS Time Management Worksheet

  • Please feel free to click on the Google Doc link to the left to access our Time Management Tool. This will help you and your student to effectively manage their time both in school and outside of school. Take a look!

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Committee Members

Leslie KnightCommittee Chair
Amy ByronTeacher Representative
Madeleine PoolerTeacher Representative
Ann LittleSpecial Education Representative
Katie GoldrickGuidance Department Representative
Jennifer ClarkeConcord-Carlisle Youth Services Coordinator
Polly MeyerParent Representative
Lauree EcklerParent Representative
DJ Roberts, Jr.Student Representative
Angelina SerafiniStudent Representative