Team Align

Project Focus: To provide students with personalized support and opportunities to explore their purpose, set meaningful goals, and leverage school resources to achieve them.

Target Audience and Location: Freshmen and sophomores who attend Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, MD.

Vision: A purposeful and supportive school environment where students feel empowered to plan for their future.

Mission: To encourage students to fulfill their purpose by building connections, introducing them to career and extracurricular opportunities, and boosting confidence in their potential.  

Project Description: Scholar Jeslyn Kamga and her educator, Natalie St. Fleur, co-founded Team Align, a school-based mentorship and engagement initiative that brings together students, educators, and school partners to strengthen connections between coursework, future pathways, and personal goals. Structured around a team model that includes peer mentors, underclassmen apprentices, and adult advisors, the project is supported by partners such as the School Improvement Plan Team and the Necktie Club. As the program rolls out, the team is launching a pilot mentorship program, hosting purpose-focused workshops, and planning a career fair and educational pathways showcase, while using participant feedback to guide ongoing improvement and strengthen coordination across the program.

As a student leader, Jeslyn is most proud of “presenting at my school’s School Improvement Plan (SIP) team meeting and securing a partnership with them while getting my teachers and admin excited and willing to help with my project.”