Palmyra School District was visited today by a giant, well, more like a former Patriot defensive tackle! Mr. Devin Wyman is part of the team with “The Youth Alliance” that has brought some powerful programming to our students and today’s assemblies were no exception!
As a former NFL player, he spoke of his size- a foreboding 6’7” and growing up with his single mom & brothers in East Palo Alto, California. His message for our students was to make the right choices and hold onto your dreams- especially the big ones! He tailored his speaking to his audience age & spoke to our High School, Middle School & all of our Charles Street School students about his story of overcoming his bad choices and playing a successful second half in the game of life.
Devin engaged the kids right from the start and didn’t let go leading to the impact on them being felt deeply each time he shared his story to a group. He gathered students to assist him in his storytelling and eventually selected 2 from those students for an “uplifting” message about the strongest bars anyone will face being the bars that you have created yourself on the inside. Ask your child tonight, “Was there something different at school today?”
We are #PalmyraProud of the lessons shared from The Youth Alliance and appreciate their passion for bringing great speakers with commitment for inspiring young learners.