Live and learn in the nation’s capital!
In partnership with Close Up, the Horatio Alger Association American Enterprise Summit for Middle School Scholars is an opportunity for rising eighth–grade students. This is a fully funded program for students and teachers to travel to Washington, gather with their peers from across the country, and discover and engage with successful leaders who reached their American Dream by overcoming adversity. Teachers can nominate ten students from their school to participate in the program. Throughout the program, students and teachers will:
- Gain an awareness of the opportunities available through civic and community engagement, entrepreneurship, and the free-enterprise system.
- Highlight the importance of the pursuit of the American Dream.
- Participate in study visits in the nation’s capital, including memorials, museums, and Capitol Hill.
- Engage in a deliberation workshop focused on issues currently in Congress.
- Prepare themselves as future leaders who meet the challenges of the 21st-century workforce.
