Join us for a bespoke gathering of connection and community with bestselling author, Kelly Corrigan. You will:

• Delight in live music and hands-on activities during the Creative Happy Hour
• Enjoy a delicious meal and rich conversation with fellow supporters of student well-being, engagement, and belonging
• Hear reflections from bestselling author, Kelly Corrigan, on what she wishes she had known as a parent, and what she would do differently if she could go back in time
• Deepen your understanding of the student experience through an engaging panel discussion with local high schoolers, Denise Pope, and Kelly Corrigan
• Leave inspired and ready to challenge narrow notions of success in your own family, school, and community.

Your ticket includes two drink tickets, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, and dessert, a unique and fun program, and a copy of Marianne the Maker. All proceeds benefit K-12 student well-being, engagement, and belonging.

Who Should Attend

Parents, Caregivers, Donors, Community Members, Educators

Location

The Alexandria at San Carlos
835 Industrial Road
San Carlos, CA 94070

Cost

General Admission: $395

Table Host / Sponsor Levels*:

• Well-Being: $25,000
• Engagement: $10,000
• Belonging: $5,000

*Please contact us at giving at challengesuccess.org to reserve a table.

Kelly Corrigan

Kelly Corrigan has written four New York Times bestselling memoirs in the last decade, earning her the title of “The Poet Laureate of the ordinary” from the Huffington Post and the “voice of a generation” from O Magazine. She is curious and funny and eager to go well past the superficial in every conversation. She has also penned some very popular Op-Eds about applying to college, becoming an empty nester and giving advice to teenagers in the New York Times.

Denise Pope, Ph.D.

Denise Pope, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. She is the author of, “Doing School”: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (Yale University Press, 2001), which was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal, 2001, and co-author of Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids (Jossey-Bass, 2015). Dr. Pope lectures nationally on parenting techniques and pedagogical strategies to increase student health, engagement with learning, and integrity. She is a three-time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award and was honored with the 2012 Education Professor of the Year “Educators’ Voice Award” from the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences. Prior to teaching at Stanford, Dr. Pope taught high school English in Fremont, CA and college composition and rhetoric courses at Santa Clara University. She lives in Los Altos, CA with her husband and three children.

Hovey Clark

Hovey is a junior at Drew School in San Francisco where he is a literature and history buff. He is actively involved in his school’s community, serving as the student body treasurer and a member of Drew’s Honor Council. Outside of school, Hovey sings in the San Francisco Boys Chorus, participates in several Scout troops around the Bay Area, and works for a liberal political campaign in his San Francisco neighborhood. Hovey cares about authentic engagement in learning over “drill and kill” burnout, and he is excited to learn and promote student balance and redefine success in school communities with Challenge Success. In his free time, you can find Hovey playing guitar, listening to classical music, eating tacos, and riding horses in the Northern California backcountry.

Selma Emecki

Selma will start her sophomore year in high school, at Pioneer High School in San Jose, CA. Tired of being the only girl in her computer science classes, she actively works to encourage young girls by teaching them about the wonders of STEM. She is also passionate about leveraging AI for social good, and an avid student researcher.