Breakthrough Manchester was honored as the Manchester Community College President’s Community Partner Award recipient at the Campus Compact for New Hampshire Presidents’ Awards Luncheon on April 13th. The award was given to Breakthrough for “Enhanc[ing] the quality of life in the community in meaningful and measurable ways and engaged in the development of sustained, reciprocal partnerships with a college or university.”Eighth graders enrolled in the Super Saturday program collaborated with student leaders at Manchester Community College to design a workshop entitled “Lessons In Leadership.” The partnership allows the MCC students to practice their skills as leadership coaches to help meet the needs of the eighth grade Breakthrough students who are developing their own leadership skills and will, in turn, pass leadership skills onto sixth and seventh graders through a series of workshops and activities at the final Super Saturday in May.
More information about the award and a list of other recipients may be found on the Campus Compact website.
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