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Re: Recruiting

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Originally Posted by Meredith Novak View Post
We find it almost impossible to interest the students enough to join after they are in high school - they all are already "owned" by some other program/sport.
I agree, its actually pretty sad, high school students just don't seem to get what we do. The few times that we have given presentations at the high school level, we were made fun of, and our presentation was taken as a joke.

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Originally Posted by theDiva View Post

I'll try to implement your suggestions. For the presentations to middle school students, would it be better to present in a smaller, more intimate classroom setting or an all-inclusive, larger setting in the gym which seats the entire school?
810 has had great success giving presentations at our local middle schools, as well as boy scouts and even elementary schools. We usually do our presentations in groups on one to two classes so approx. 20-40 kids at a time
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