EXCELLENCE EXPO
EVENT DETAILS
Friday, April 12, 2024 1 PM - 6 PM
Waterloo Convention Center
at Sullivan Brothers Plaza
200 West 4th Street, Waterloo, IA 50701
Free and open to any 6th-12th grade students
Free Meal Provided
The Excellence Expo is a fulfillment of the second half of our organizational mission to "achieve excellence in life". Young people have to face the inevitability of adulthood one day. We are here to help them create a framework and outline. While they may not get it all figured out, guidance and exposure to possibilities of what could be is important. We are here to create access for disconnected youth to achieve excellence in life.
We are coordinating with Waterloo Community Schools District and other Cedar Valley youth organizations to target 6th-12th grade students of disadvantaged, underrepresented, and diverse backgrounds. We anticipate to serve up to 500 students. All attendees will also be provided a free meal.
This event will be comprised of three components: College & Career Fair, Skills Seminars, and Arts Workshops.
Student Registration
We invite your students to our Excellence Expo. School staff, parents, or students can register at the link below.
There will be no walk-up registration. Registration is limited. You are able to drop your youth off for the day as we will have chaperones and staff present.
Please download and share the pdf for full details or read more about the expo below. If you still have questions, please feel free to contact us.
College & Career Fair
Students will be able to attend a College & Career Fair with vendors comprised of two and four year universities, post secondary resources, military opportunities, employment resources, and more. Students will be incentivized to visit as many tables as possible because the more tables they visit, the more opportunities they have to put their name in various drawings for prizes.
Skills Seminars
These fun interactive sessions will help students identify and apply those important skills for future adult success. Students will have the option to choose from three session options: financial education, leadership, or mental wellness. Students will engage in exciting activities that will teach them how to take these skills and apply them in the future in professional and personal settings.
Arts Workshops
Students will have the option to choose from four options for arts workshops: dance, step, color guard, and percussion. In learning a routine many transferable soft skills that can be used later in life are unconsciously used. Skills such as trust, persistence, patience, teamwork, sportsmanship, and confidence. In these arts workshops students will put those skills to action and learn a 3-4 minute routine that they will showcase at the conclusion of the Expo.