Center for Community Impact

Shaping Empathic and Ethical Global Citizens

The Center for Community Impact is a testament to Rowland Hall’s commitment to educational excellence and community engagement.

Founded in 2023 to support the school’s vision, Developing People the World Needs, the Center provides students with the tools, knowledge, and experiences they need to drive positive change and engage in deep and reciprocal partnerships with key community stakeholders. The Center does this by:

Accelerating student leadership development through meaningful engagement and outreach opportunities
Providing educational resources and opportunities for experiential learning, community-based student research, design thinking and entrepreneurial development, and place-based learning
Facilitating collaboration between students, educators, families, and community partners
Promoting ethical leadership and advocacy for positive social change
Addressing pressing community needs through deliberate dialogue, research, community-based initiatives, and engagement projects

Serving a public purpose through community engagement, Rowland Hall’s Center for Community Impact strives to help shape a better future for all. Read more about the Center.

Mission

Educate, empower, and inspire individuals to become agents of positive change in their local communities and beyond.

Core Pillars

The Center for Community Impact operates under a set of fundamental pillars that empower students to affect meaningful change and cultivate a brighter future for all.

A Rowland Hall senior and Lower School student explore the shoreline during a Great Salt Lake field study.

A Rowland Hall Upper School student gives two thumbs up during an outdoor service project.

A Rowland Hall Upper School student presents research during a poster session.

A Rowland Hall Lower School student holds a colorful sign during the annual Changemaker March.

Two Rowland Hall Upper School students demonstrate a heat watch sensor while conducting research.

Leadership & Impact

We believe leadership is a learned skill

Global Issues, Local Lens

We see our community as a learning laboratory

Ethics & Equity

We nurture ethical, empathic citizens who seek a more just world

Innovation & Design

We cultivate ingenuity through intentionality

Rowland Hall Lower School students hold handmade signs during a community assembly.

Center Initiatives

Rowland Hall students attend a panel discussion during the annual Impact Summit in the auditorium.

A Rowland Hall Upper School student presents a sustainability project during the Impact Summit.

Impact Summits

Annual Impact Summits bring together students, faculty, alumni, and community partners to explore innovation and social change. Events feature keynote speakers and student-led presentations on emerging research and real-world solutions, and provide opportunities for partners and students to collaborate.

Community Partners Meetings

Community partners meetings gather local professionals and organizations working in areas aligned with the Center’s core pillars. Attendees network, build relationships, learn about pressing topics or innovative frameworks/tools, identify initiatives that will benefit the broader community, and interact with students who want to get involved.

Community partners attend a presentation about Rowland Hall’s Center for Community Impact.

Rowland Hall students and community partners collaborate during a Center for Community Impact meeting.

A visiting Faculty Fellow leads a discussion with Rowland Hall Upper School students in a science classroom.

A faculty fellow in residence engages Upper School students in discussion during a classroom lesson.

Faculty Fellows in Residence Program

The Faculty Fellows in Residence program brings experienced community leaders into a collaborative environment where they contribute their expertise, support student development, and enhance Rowland Hall’s educational program.

Horizons at Rowland Hall

Horizons at Rowland Hall, Utah's first affiliate of the Horizons National program, provides a six-week summer camp for students from Title I schools in the Salt Lake City public school district. The program offers daily math and literacy instruction, swim classes, and enrichment activities.