One Stone (nonprofit)

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One Stone
Formation2008;16 years ago (2008)
FounderTeresa Poppen, Joel Poppen
Legal status 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
PurposeForging an army of good for good
Headquarters Boise, Idaho, United States
Mackenzie Link
For current directors see here
Subsidiaries
List of subsidiaries
Two Birds
Solution Lab
Project Good
One Stone Lab School
Employees (2019)
27
Volunteers (2019)
200
Students (2019)
130
Website www.onestone.org

One Stone is a nonprofit organization that promotes student voice and student leadership based in Boise, Idaho. Their stated mission is "Making students better leaders and the world a better place." [1] They use the design thinking approach, pioneered at Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, throughout their organization.

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History

Teresa and Joel Poppen founded One Stone in 2008. [2] In 2015, One Stone received part of a $24.5 million dollar grant from the J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation. [3] The following year, One Stone received an additional $2.1 million of a $32 million total grant from the foundation. [4] [5]

Overview

Two-thirds of One Stone's board of directors are students as mandated by the organization's bylaws. [6]

Two Birds

Two Birds is a student-led and operated creative design and marketing agency. Past clients include Albertsons, [7] The Cabin, HQPBL, WASHTO, and various internal One Stone projects. Students in the Two Birds program work with clients using the design thinking process to develop logos, marketing strategies, websites, and other ventures. [8] In 2018, Two Birds acquired Jason Sievers as Creative Director from advertising agency DaviesMoore. [9]

Project Good

Project Good is a community service program at One Stone that uses the design thinking process.

Hatch

Hatch is a business incubator for student developed businesses.

One Stone Lab51

One Stone Lab51 is an independent school consisting of roughly 125 students in the four-year program as of the fall of 2019. [10] The first class started in the fall of 2016 and graduated in 2019. [11] For its first six years, the school charged no tuition. With the Albertson grant sunsetting, the school decided to begin charging tuition on a sliding scale based on each family’s ability to pay. [12] The program is different from traditional school, as it has no grades, opting for a portfolio and narrative transcript evaluation instead. [13] Instead of teachers, the school has coaches, which support student-driven learning. In the spring of 2019, One Stone had 17 coaches, with 7 master's degrees and 4 doctoral degrees between them. [14] Most One Stone coaches do not have teacher certification. [15]

Despite operating as a school since 2016, One Stone Lab51 is not accredited by any recognized regional authority, which means that credits may not be recognized if students transfer from One Stone to another school. Some universities treat students from unaccredited high schools as they would homeschooled students. [16] [17] [18] [19] Lab51 does not offer AP classes, team sports, choir, band or orchestra.

In the media

In 2019, One Stone was featured in a documentary by filmmaker Jon Long, called Rise: Voice of a New Generation. [20] Long has produced documentaries for Disney, PBS, and National Geographic. [21]

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