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Purpose: 

The idea behind the TriHeroes project is to adjust our historic Tri-Association Community Service award to create an opportunity for many school communities to highlight and promote their community service (CS) or service learning (SL) projects amongst our greater Tri-Association region. 

The TriHeroes Showcase will recognize our regional CS or SL projects that have the participation of the school community and develop in the student body a sense of social conscientiousness. The Showcase is designed to support community service and service learning as an important element in our students’ personal development and overall educational experience.

Goals: 

  • Promote high quality, inspirational and impactful CS and SL among our region as an intrinsically important aspect of our school programs.
  • Provide opportunities for students to present their projects while sharing their learning.  
  • Provide opportunities for students to inspire others and network with like minded students from the region.
  • Give many schools the chance to showcase, highlight and promote their CS or SL projects with other schools via an annual, online showcase. 
  • Recognize and congratulate any and all school groups who choose to present their programs. 
  • Connect our CS and SL programs to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a way to promote sustainable development within our programs. 

Criteria: 

  • The student body takes a lead in designing and executing the project(s).
  • The project has a strong impact on the identified social or environmental cause and/or on the identified community. 
  • The project strengthens the school community by creating opportunities for involvement on the part of students, teachers, parents, alumni, etc.
  • The project is creative, builds on-going relationships and builds leadership and social awareness. 

Application and Recognition Details: 

  • Student groups will be asked to fill out a Google form as a way to sign up and apply for this showcase. Each school will run an internal selection process to identify the top 1-3 groups to present during the Showcase event. 
  • Selected student groups will be given 10 minutes to share their project during the Showcase; followed by 5-10 minutes of Q & A. 
  • Selected Student groups can choose to use their 10 minutes to show a video, give a presentation, talk about their project or a combination of the above. 
  • Selected Student groups will be asked to submit ahead of time a 1 minute reel outlining their project to be used by the Tri-Association for social media purposes. 
  • The virtual Showcase event will be open for anybody from our region to attend. We envision students, staff, parents, alumni and community members attending. 
  • Depending on the number of submissions, the Tri-Association reserves the right to limit the number of school presentations per school to allow for maximum exposure to multiple schools. 
  • CS or SL projects or programs can be from all grade levels (Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle and/or High School.)
  • All school groups who present and share will be recognized. No single winner will be chosen. No monetary reward will be given. 
  • All participating school groups will receive a certificate of appreciation and recognition. 
  • All student leaders participating in the presentations will also receive a certificate of appreciation and recognition.
     

Timeline: 

Showcase Application Deadline: April 4, 2025
Announce participants: April 25, 2025
Showcase: Saturday, May 17, 2025; 10-12 pm (Colombia)