{"id":7959,"date":"2018-10-10T13:02:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T17:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/?p=7959"},"modified":"2018-10-10T13:02:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T17:02:26","slug":"make-your-mark-empowering-young-people-with-the-skills-they-need-to-be-successful-in-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/news\/make-your-mark-empowering-young-people-with-the-skills-they-need-to-be-successful-in-the-21st-century","title":{"rendered":"Make your Mark; Empowering Young People with the Skills They Need to be Successful in the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"
Five Oaks Academy invites you to “Make Your Mark”, a Synergy event, featuring international\u00a0consultant, trainer, and author, Jonathan Wolff, in an exploration\u00a0of the life skills needed for success in today’s world and tomorrow’s. This event will be held on Wednesday, October\u00a024 at 6:00 p.m. at the Five Forks Library Meeting Room.<\/p>\n
The students of today need more skills beyond facts, figures, and formulas.\u00a0Jonathan Wolff will examine the types of abilities needed in a world with increasing\u00a0demands in higher order thinking, social intelligence, and self-organization. He will discuss how to not only produce outstanding scholars, but more importantly, empower young people to think for themselves, think of others, and think outside-of-the-box.<\/p>\n