Events
SIGNATURE Events
One Event
This night is an opportunity for our students to take the mic and share the moments – big and small – that have inspired them to become better leaders and make the world a better place.
The One Event is One Stone’s biggest fundraiser of the year. On this night, we ask our supporters to help make it possible for students to gain a 21st century education at no cost to their families. Because our student team members plan and execute the One Event from start to finish, student voice is in the spotlight throughout the evening. It is an inspiring and illuminating event that highlights the students themselves, showing why we’re so passionate about making students better leaders and the world a better place.
One Event 2017 was an evening of inspiration in support of One Stone! Funds raised at this event help us offer all of our after school programming at no cost to kids or their families–because everyone should have the opportunity to become a better leader & make the world a better place!
One Stone makes students better leaders and the world a better place – with the help of the community. One Stone does not charge any membership dues or fees to ensure that all students, regardless of ability to pay, can access our programs. We believe the opportunity to change the world should not be related to economic background or financial standing.
More than 350 community-minded people gathered at One Stone’s annual fundraising event, ONE, on Saturday, January 31 for an evening of disruption.
The event, now in its fourth year, showcased the power of student voice to disrupt for good: the opportunity to make a positive change in the status quo (for good) and for lasting impact, for good.
Hands Down, Voices Up
Hands Down, Voices Up was an interactive gathering in Boise, Idaho, where students – and a few adults who support and empower them – get the chance to solve real problems with real people. But this summit was much more than an event. It was a movement. Attendees left with a toolkit for change that helps them create good in their own communities, throughout the year.
Marcus Alston is pretty comfortable with a megaphone in hand.
For him, student voice is second nature. As part of the public action team for Teens Take Charge, a group that empowers students to become civic leaders, he organizes rallies and protests as part of the group’s push for integrated schools across New York City’s five boroughs.
Our first Hands Down, Voices Up summit blew us away.
From the big ideas and insights of our keynote speakers, to the quiet, one-on-one moments of vulnerability that moved us all a little closer to empathy and understanding…
A group of 10 Workspace learners joined One Stone in Boise for Hands Down, Voices Up, a summit to empower student voice. We asked this youth group about Workspace and what they hoped to learn about empowering themselves and others to use their voices for good.
Forging an army of good, for good.
That’s One Stone’s vision and the driving force behind Hands Down, Voices Up – A Summit to Empower Student Voice at JUMP in Boise, Idaho from October 23-25. The interactive gathering for students and a supportive adults will focus on three ideas: how to inspire, practice and create good.
As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. But when it comes to student voice, practice creates change.
Hands Down, Voices Up – A Summit to Empower Student Voice will explore the idea of practicing good, and what that looks like, at JUMP in Downtown Boise from October 23-25.
How might we inspire good to make students better leaders and the world a better place? That question is one of the main ideas behind Hands Down, Voices Up – A Summit To Empower Student Voice at JUMP in Boise, Idaho on October 23-25.
Adults don’t raise their hands in conversation. Why should students?
That’s the idea behind Hands Down Voices Up, a summit to empower student voice at JUMP in Boise, Idaho on October 23–25.
24 Hour Think Challenge
The first 24-Hour Think Challenge was in many ways the birth of the One Stone lab school, where sophomores and juniors from across the Treasure Valley assembled to reimagine learning for the 21st Century. The 24-Hour Think Challenge empowered students to think critically about an issue or problem, then find solutions. After splitting into teams, students harness the power of design thinking to understand, empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test their ideas. The event concluded with each team pitching their solutions to a crowd of parents, volunteers, community members and influencers. It was a whirlwind 24 hours of empowerment and creativity that showcases the power of student voice.
The 24-Hour Think Challenge’s second year focused on something near and dear to the heart of students: relevant, 21st century learning. One hundred and fifty students from 32 southwest Idaho schools gathered October 1st and 2nd to take a hard look at where Idaho is headed, and bring student voice into the conversation about what’s next in learning.
The 24-Hour Think Challenge was a community conversation and design thinking challenge. The two-day event engaged 153 students from 20+ high schools across the Treasure Valley. The diverse group represented rural and urban schools, Go-On schools, and students representing the “forgotten 50.” Their challenge? To learn about, examine, and offer new ways to address big complex issues relating to education, life, STEM education and health.
