With help from the "Heinz Endowments," Wes Lyons discusses his program The Pursuit - The Pursuit program develops and prepares students for success while in high school, college and for life after college, utilizing his life experiences to help enrich their lives and empower them to reach the highest level of success. Wesley’s goal is to help students understand that they will have many challenges that they will be faced with in life. However, he stresses the importance for them to learn that how they choose to handle these situations is what really matters. Wesley's professional background, including playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers and being a best-selling author, captures the attention of the students immediately and enables them to be more open to not only listen to what he has to say, but also probes them to think more positively. The Pursuit targets students who need extra encouragement to excel in their academics. The curriculum used surrounds the insight that he has written in his book, "The Pursuit with Patience," to help educate the students. As a part of the program, Wesley developed a workbook that each student receives. "The Pursuit Workbook" life skills curriculum provides the essential steps to success for students. It is constructed around the skills that are acquired from being involved in athletics and demonstrates how to use lessons from team activities in their everyday life to help achieve success.

• published: 26 Feb 2015
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