Learning That Turns Into Action
The Impact Program is Metro Prep's action-based learning framework. Students take classroom learning and apply it to real-world projects with purpose and responsibility.
5
Impact phases
Understand to Reflect
3
Current causes
Wild, Not Gone + more
Research
Primary method
Credible sources
Action-based
Learning model
Real audience
How Impact Works
Every Impact cause follows the same learning model.
Understand
Students learn the background, context, and complexity of a real issue.
Research
Students gather information and evaluate sources for reliability.
Create
Research becomes clear, public-facing resources and projects.
Share
Students learn how ideas are communicated responsibly.
Reflect
Students review outcomes and the responsibility of public work.
What Impact Is
Structured, research-driven, and reflective.
Real issues, real audiences, real responsibility.
Evidence-based learning with credible sources.
Students shape the work and outcomes.
Students evaluate how learning leads to action.
What Impact Is Not
Clear boundaries keep projects age-appropriate.
No campaigning or lobbying.
Students are learners, not professionals.
Depth matters more than speed.
Learning is always the primary goal.
Student Learning Outcomes
Skills developed through Impact projects.
Students learn to judge reliability and bias.
Writing for the public with clarity and care.
Long-term projects build teamwork.
Public work carries responsibility.
Current Impact Causes
Each cause applies the same learning model to a different issue.
Endangered species awareness and education.
Pollinator habitat awareness and action.
Youth mental health awareness and conversation.
Impact and Wild, Not Gone
Wild, Not Gone is one expression of the Impact Program's learning model.