The first session of the 2018-19 skill-building program, CitySquash's Colin Murfree & Micah Finkelman led a session on their promising practice: the Growth Mindset Youtube Challenge.

Citizen Schools students are prompted to apply to multiple extracurricular activities over the course of a year, through a rigorous selection process that requires them to justify and advocate for their top choices. Students Self-Advocacy responses on the SSN SEL Survey improved over the year.