Develop your Student’s Standout Factor

And garner scholarship dollars and opportunities!

What is a Stand-Out Factor?

A Stand out factor can be many different things but they are most likely to include:

• Initiative –student initiated, led and directed
• Passion – student has personal investment
• Individuality –has to do specifically with the students core values
• Strategy –student has strategized to achieve

I would also recommend that a Stand-Out Factor include:

• Positive impact on others
• Uniqueness
• Broad Reach & Big Win

How can you tell if you have developed your stand-out factor?

It’s the difference between ordinary and extraordinary

How to develop your Develop your Child’s Standout Factor: 

• Write, perform and publish a quality play,book, music or film
• Develop art skills like throwingdrawing and painting, pottery, creating stained glass windows/ lamps, blacksmithing, etc and enter art contests
• Hike a trail for a cause or a challenge
• Raise money to travel abroad and serve on a mission
• Breed and trademark a type of fruit or flower
• Breed and sell a pet- iguana, dogs, miniature cows
• Win money as a prize bowler, archer, skier, etc
• Start a business, track your earnings and impact
• Help run a state ornational political campaign, work as a legislative Paige,
• Study and PerformShakespeare
• Learn multiple languages, particularlyCritical Languages
• Travel internationally; create guidebook or blog about travels, do international community service or charity work
• Do hundreds of hours ofCommunity Service
• Build a functioning web-site
• Build something impressive- like a Robot, Drone or Plane, or replicate all of the Enterprises’ ships as models
• Earn a license or Certification– pilot’s, drone, PADI
• Learn tech- 3-D Printing, Robotics, Photoshop, Photography and it’s many digital uses!
• Earn Awards such as the National Latin Exam, German National Exam,
• Participate in and win National Competitions- Geography, History,Bible, Poetry
• Participate in CAP or Jr ROTC
• Turn your interest in performing into becoming a juggler or clown
• Turn your interests into an opportunity to impart your knowledge to others and teach a skills you’ve learned in person, or online

Use What You Have to Develop your Student’s Standout Factor!

Outsource When Needed

High School is the perfect time to develop your students stand out factor, through clubs, projects and course work that helps them understand themselves and opportunities more robustly, such as our Orienteering course. 

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If you need help identifying or knowing how to further develop your students stand out factor, we’d love to help! Check out our Academic Advising program and Parent Membership programs!

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