The Social Venture Innovation Challenge High School Track is an extension of the annual NH Social Venture Innovation Challenge (SVIC), a well-established program which we started in 2013 in partnership with Nobel Prize Laureate, Muhammad Yunus. The annual SVIC, a signature event, powerfully demonstrates the keen interest of college students as well as community entrepreneurs and activists across the state in helping address some of society’s most pressing social and environmental challenges, and their creativity in designing novel, sustainable, business-orientated solutions. While the Center for Social Innovation & Enterprise (CSIE) has had several high school student groups ask each year if they can compete in the SVIC, and they have been allowed to do so in the Community Track, the SVIC High School Track is an opportunity to create a dedicated track allowing High School students to compete on a level playing field. It also allows CSIE to support the staff and teachers who work with these students with appropriate materials.
We are incredibly grateful to Phillips Exeter Academy, Portsmouth High School, and The Derryfield School for their continued vision and partnership on this pilot program. On December 13, 2018, CSIE was thrilled to host students and faculty from these local high schools to participate in the dedicated pilot High School Track. CSIE was inspired and impressed by the level of creativity and passion shown by all of the high school teams – it's never too early to start on a career as a changemaker! Be sure to watch this year's High School Track presentations!
