CLAY partners with the Irving ISD . . . .

CLAY partners with the Journeys program of the Irving ISD to impact all 5 High Schools and 13 Middle Schools in Irving, Texas. Director Dora Moron and coordinator Elda Rojas have been instrumental in introducing CLAY to the Irving students and to their parents. We have successfully performed Parent Universities, at both the high schools and the middle schools. CLAY continues to impact the lives of students and parents in the community of Irving.

CLAY goes International . . . .

CLAY Student Leadership begins its first chapter in the country of Mexico. We have partnered with “Sembrando Valores,” an organization led by director Omar Macias and president Ana Gabriela Franco. Our program has taken off in the city of Delicias, Chihuahua, where CLAY is in 12 schools and impacting 3200 students along with their parents.

CLAY continues to grow with Texas A&M International . . . .

CLAY Student Leadership signs a second-year contract with Texas A&M International University and continues to grow and expand into 27 Independent School Districts, encompassing more than 50 public school campuses, more than 8,000 students, and more than 4,000 parents. In November our president, Abel Lopez, trained more than 40 facilitators at the A&M campus. We are so excited about our partnership with a university of this prestige.

CLAY forms a new partnership with the Hispanic Youth Institute . . . .

In April of 2011 our president, Abel Lopez, began discussions regarding ways to further impact Latino students in the Texas area. CLAY Student Leadership was invited to present its program at the HYI summer camp, where we reached over 200 students and family leaders. The event was a success, and a new partnership was formalized. Director Esmeralda Sanchez’s vision to incorporate CLAY into the HYI program was a perfect blend for two such organizations with the same outlook and goals. Stay tuned as CLAY continues to grow and impact students throughout the U.S.

We have recently entered into a partnership with Texas A&M International University Laredo .

In April of 2010 we began this relationship with TAMIU when our president, Abel Lopez, was invited to be the keynote speaker for their one-day parent/student event. The following month A&M directors Dr. Albert Salinas and Mr. Michael Smith came and witnessed the program in full force. A partnership was birthed with a verbal agreement between CLAY Student Leadership and TAMIU, which has now become official. The two organizations signed a contract in November with plans of venturing out to greater action in the future. Today CLAY and TAMIU are writing history together, and impacting the lives of students and parents in the South Texas area, which will create transformation for generations to come.

“We are honored to be in partnership with such an elite university and team at TAMIU. Dr. Madrigal’s vision has ignited the South Texas border towns, and has empowered key men like Dr. Albert Salinas and Mr. Michael Smith to forever write on the walls of History. Their passion and creativity will take our Latino population in this part of the country to new levels of education and success. I am excited about the future and the results we will see as both organizations battle to reduce the High School drop out rate among Latinos in our country.”   -Abel Lopez, President and Founder of CLAY Student Leadership

TAMIU CLAY Facilitator training

Dr Madrigal, Abel Lopez, Dr. Salinas and Michael Smith

In 2011 CLAY Student Leadership will continue to grow and expand into:
•    16 Independent School Districts
•    26 public school campuses
•    1 early college High School campus
•    More than 2,500 students
•    More than 4000 parents
•    7 states, including Texas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Florida, and Washington State

Schools in Partnership with CLAY Student Leadership
Kansas City Kansas ISD
•    Wyandotte High School

AISD Austin ISD
•    Dobie Middle School

CFBISD Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD
•    Bea Salazar – Discipline Alternative Education Program

Laredo ISD
•    Cigarroa High School
•    United High School
•    United South High School
•    Alexander High School
•    Nixon High School

Crystal City ISD
•    Sterling H Fly Junior High School

Carrizo Springs ISD
•    Carrizo Springs Junior High

Cotulla ISD
•    Frank Newman Middle School

Benavides ISD
•    Benavides Secondary School

San Diego ISD
•    Bernarda Jaime Junior High

Jim Hogg County ISD
•    Hebbronville Junior High School

Zapata County ISD
•    Zapata Junior High School

CFBISD Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD
•    Ted Polk Middle School
•    Dan F. Long Middle School
•    Vivian Field Middle School
•    Blalack Middle School
•    Creekview High School

DISD Dallas ISD
•    Medrano Middle School

Kansas City Mo. ISD
•    East High School

Midland ISD
•    Early College High School Midland College

Hobs New Mexico ISD
•    One School TBD

Chicago ISD
•    Two schools TBD

For years Clay Student Leadership Program has been active in schools throughout Texas through the utilization of assembly events.  While effective in disseminating character- and motivation-centered resources, long-term exposure to students is something that Clay Student Leadership has sought for years. Abel Lopez and Clay Student Leadership have been given the opportunity to launch a new initiative in the Carrollton Farmers Branch Independent School District.  During the 2009-2010 school year, the school district has contracted with Clay Student Leadership to provide leadership training to 460 students and their parents for 27 weeks. During these weeks, Abel Lopez and his team will be teaching leadership principles, leading parent seminars, and providing team building activities. This program is the  first of its kind and has the potential to impact the lives of hundreds of families in the community.