We just ended the 𝘚𝘗𝘙𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘊𝘠𝘊𝘓𝘌 of our Work Force Development “More Than Construction” program in partnership with Rockford Construction! 🎉⁣ ⁣ Our students and participants learned the business side of construction work. They were able to get a tour or Rockford Construction’s facility, and were taught more about the great work construction workers are…

This past weekend, we wrapped up our first 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 program in the House of Technology! Huge thanks to @ourjourni for partnering with us and @scommpartners for sponsoring our students and hanging out with us for the last several weeks. 🙌⁣ ⁣ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞, led by Journi, is a program that helps to…

Parents, we often hear you say “𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺?” 🤔⁣ ⁣ The first thing we try to remember is, how it was during puberty for us. Remember what you needed and desired from your parents during that time. ⁣ ⁣ Yes, certain behaviors need to be…

Meet the team that makes all the magic happen! ✨⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝘈𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘠𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰: 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ With all of that, we offer 𝘓𝘖𝘛𝘚 of programs…

🚫𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘔𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘥𝘴 🚫⁣ ⁣ Parents, though we may not want to, it is our job to regulate the amount of time our kids spend online each day. We need to make sure our children have time for other valuable activities: Eating regular & healthy meals, reading, homework, writing,…

Listen to this 𝘎𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘛 convo of our CEO and Founder @mrjasonowilson with some of his students in this episode of The Cave Podcast. ⁣ ⁣ He sat down with @Cave313 students Elisha Nunn and Josiah Humphrey to discuss what happened at the Oscars, the societal definition of “being a man”, and how we should be…

Parents, here’s a little secret…👀⁣ ⁣ 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.⁣ ⁣ Listen, we know all know it’s easier said than done, 𝘉𝘜𝘛, if you can get these two things down you’ll save yourself a lot of stress.⁣ ⁣ Just think back to your childhood, and…

Parents, if we are being honest with ourselves, we can’t control our children. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.⁣ ⁣ When we try to control our kids, we take away their autonomy. When they are away from us, it’s rare that they actually do what we…

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬! 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰…? 🤔⁣ ⁣ Parental engagement makes it far more likely that our children will avoid unhealthy behaviors, such as sexual risk and substance use. ⁣ ⁣ You might be asking, how do I effectively engage with my teens? We got you covered! Here are 3 great ways you can engage as a…