December 21, 2007 - “College For Kids” - This is a condensed experience with the Student Training Empowerment Program, grooming tomorrow’s leaders through a program which facilitates creativity, positive thinking, team work, problem solving, role-playing and critical thinking.

“For many years S.T.E.P. has been helping young people to realize why making good, healthy choices in life is so important for their futures; something that is not always easy to instill in the minds of such impressionable youth who rarely think of the future consequences of unhealthy choices. Now, with the Fabien Cousteau partnership, it is great to see that S.T.E.P. will be able to broaden its lessons to also help students understand the importance of making good choices in regards to protecting the environment.”- Omolola Campbell, Former S.T.E.P Student

March 3, 2007 - HHH group receives environment award - A Hilton Head High School student-mentor program has received a state Champion of the Environment award and $500 for transforming a neglected courtyard into an outdoor natural learning area. (read full article)

March 2, 2007 -HHHS project wins state award - “STEP students work with mentors from the Coastal Carolina Discovery Museum to choose native plants to provide habitat for wildlife including native butterflies whose host plants are in short supply in the Hilton Head area.” (read full story)

March 2, 2007 - “Conservation Courtyard” chosen latest Champion of the Environment - “‘This project empowers students to take an active role in educating future generations about our environment and conservation,’ said Laura Gottardo, teacher and advisor to the Student Training Empowerment Program at the school.” (read full article)

March 2, 2007 - Champions of the Environment - “The ‘Conservation Courtyard’ will also be a place for learning. STEP students will write lessons and teach younger students about native species and the environment. And, the community will be able to enjoy the courtyard too.” (read full article)

February 21, 2007 - The Cousteau Legacy - “The documentaries served as the best teaching tool to his audience of high school students in the Student Training Empowerment Program about the environment.” (read full article)

February 15, 2007 - Ocean Explorer and Documentary Filmmaker Fabien Cousteau Teaches Students on Hilton Head Island About the Importance of Conservation - “‘The S.T.E.P. program is really fantastic and has substance, it has a unique twist in that it’s about kids teaching kids, which is really effective.’ - Fabien Cousteau” (read full article)

February 14, 2007 - Costeau family tradition continues with lecture to students in Harbour Town - “On a visit to the high school in September, Cousteau encouraged the Student Training Empowerment Program, where older students serve as mentors, to embrace the values of conservation and pass them on to younger students.” (read full article)

October 2006 - Clemson University Cruisers Program - …partnerships including: The South Carolina Department of Transportation, The South Carolina Department of Public Safety, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, York Technical College, Piedmont Technical College, South Carolina Department of Education, Safe Communities, Anderson Area Medical Center, and Student Training Empowerment Program (S.T.E.P.). (read full article)