Please join our LAUNCH students on Wednesday, May 22 in the M-Room at Monroe High School from 4:30-5:45 p.m. for the 2023-24 final LAUNCH Project Showcase!
Students will be presenting what they have learned throughout the year in LAUNCH and specificallyabout their third trimester projects.
Each student team will have a table with information about their most recent project. Those who attend will be able to move from table to table to learn more about student projects and ask questions.
Students are eager to show the work they have done to solve problems for local businesses and organizations and discuss the skills they have learned to successfully complete their projects.
Thank you to all of the businesses and organizations that have worked with our LAUNCH students over the past school year! This trimester, student projects included:
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Better Brodhead
Mental Health Wellness Fair — Students planned and will implement a mental health wellness fair. The fair will include information tables, food, games, music and more.
Azura Memory Care
Volunteer Outreach Program — This team created a partnership with schools and other organizations to encourage more volunteers to engage with Azura residents.
Aster Assisted Living
Life Enrichment Activities — This project provides new and engaging life enrichment activities for Aster residents to improve mental health, leading to increased attendance, engagement and improved mental health.
F.A.I.T.H.
Promoting F.A.I.T.H. — Students created a brochure to explain the mission and goals for the future to promote awareness about mental health.
WASC Middle School Student Council
Students presented about social media and mental health at the state convention in Madison for student councils.
MHS School Psychology Services Outreach
Students brainstormed ways to increase awareness and utilization of outreach programs for student services.
Aster Assisted Living
Alive Inside — Students developed a project to use music to increase the cognitive, social and physical engagement of residents in need of memory care.
BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Colony Brands
Transition Potential Customers to Sales — Students updated and upgraded reports and metrics for people who are not yet Colony Brands customers by age and credit rank and made recommendations about how to turn them into customers.
SSM Health Medical Group
New Provider Practice Analysis — Students analyzed a new medical practice service at SSM Health Medical Group and evaluated progress towards meeting national benchmarks.
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Analysis of Insurance for Members — The student team compared/contrasted various health insurance plans, analyzed the current (and potential) Monroe Chamber membership, and recommended a proposal that would best fit Monroe Chamber member businesses.
Monroe School District
Open Enrollment Project — LAUNCH students analyzed open enrollment data for Monroe District as well as other districts in the state to determine why families are enrolling IN to Monroe and OUT of Monroe. They made recommendations to increase enrollment.
MEDIA SOLUTIONS
United Way of Green County
Impact Green County — Students increased awareness of the Impact Green County volunteer site by crafting social media content, creating emails about volunteer opportunities, and organizing a Week of Caring.
Green County Land and Water Conservation Dept.
Website Upgrade — Students updated and reorganized the website and created easy-to-navigate guides for staff on how to continue to update the website.
Monroe Woman’s Club
Website Upgrade — Students designed an interactive website that allows new members to submit applications online and allows Monroe Woman’s Club to post meeting notices and club updates.
Skilled Building Trades
The Skilled Building Trades students have been using their skills to renovate a home donated by SSM Health Monroe Hospital to Green County Development Corporation (GCDC) as part of the Home Construction Cooperative program.
GCDC is hosting an Open House on Wednesday, May 15 from 4:30-6 p.m. to thank supporters and highlight the newly- completed renovations. Skilled Building Trades students will also be available during the LAUNCH Showcase to discuss their contributions to the renovation process and all that they have learned through the LAUNCH program.
Does Your Business or Organization Have a Project?
We are actively seeking projects that will help your business or organization while students learn through experience.
Project examples and the LAUNCH project application form are available on the Monroe High School website www. monroeschools.com/schools/high/ under the LAUNCH tab.
We are pleased to announce that next year MHS is adding a new strand, Healthcare Solutions, that will combine CNA training with an Anatomy and Physiology course. We are seeking projects that will provide a real-world learning experience to amplify what these students are learning.
If your business or organization would like to submit a project for LAUNCH students to solve, please contact me, Cara Carper, via email or 608-328-7573.
— Cara Carper is the School District of Monroe Student Occupation and Academic Readiness (SOAR) Coordinator. She can be reached at caracarper@monroe.k12.wi.us.
