About the Project

At Confluence High School we offer students many opportunities to explore their skills and interests in a very hands-on and individualized manner. As a Big Picture Learning School we offer students the opportunity to learn at their own pace, to create projects that are focuseon their own interests, to participate in internships, and to interact with professionals in a variety of careers through guest speakers, community service, tours, and visits. Due to our school having a high percentage of low income students, our goal is to expose them to as many future opportunities as possible. While many of our students are in internships on Tuesdays and Thursdays, about 30% are not in an internship due to lack of motivation, mental health struggles, or just a general lack of direction. In order to engage the 30% who are not in an internship, we would like to start a Community Landscape Maintenance project. The students would use our Loomis Community Facebook page to find people in need of yard maintenance. They would do the scheduling, the invoices (we will not actually charge), the communicating, the marketing, and the yard work.