Learning-for-Life: Navigators

Welcome to the Learning for Life Division Navigators website. The Learning for LIfe Division of the Sam Houston Area Council is now organized into four service areas: 

• Exploring
  • Public Service
  • Corporate
• Learning for Life Classroom
  • Navigators (High School)
  • Builders (Middle School)
• Urban
• Special Needs - Champions

What is LFL-Navigators?

The Navigators' Program is designed to extend the learning experiences taught through Learning for Life's Builders Program for seventh and eighth grade students. Just as the word "navigators" implies, the program serves to guide youngsters in making a successful transition from high school into real-world endeavors, including post-secondary education, acquiring a job, being a productive citizen, and establishing and maintaining positive relationships with others. There are two (2) books in the Navigators' series. One book is entitled: "A Personal Compass for Daily Living". It includes lessons in three chapters:

• Habits of Character
• Service to Others
• Ethical Dilemmas

The second book is called "A Roadmap for the Future". Lessons in this book are included in these chapters:

• Life Skills
• Career Education
• College Life

Although aspects of these two books are introduced in Learning for Life's programs for elementary schools and taught in a more extended way through the 7th and 8th grade Builders Program, the Navigators' Program takes students to a much deeper level of learning and a much broader set of learning experiences. When students complete the Navigators' Program, they will be much better prepared to enter the workforce or enter post-secondary education. They will have deeper understandings and many more strategies to support their efforts to achieve success in their chosen venture.

Learning for Life - Navigators
Chartered Partners for 2007-2008

ACE Upward Bound
Austin High School
Forest Brook High School
Furr High School
George I. Sanchez Charter School
HCC Upward Bound Central
HCC Upward Bound - SE
Houston Can Academy
Humble High School
I Have A Dream-
Jack Yates High School
Jaycee’s Center
Junior Frontiers
Neighborhood Centers Inc.
LaPorte Neighborhood Centers
Harbach Ripley House
Clevand Ripley House
North Harris Community College Upward Bound
Smiley High School
Star of Hope
University of Houston Upward Bound
Way Maker, Inc
Wheatley High School
Cypress Spring
Tejano Center
Westbury High School
Kashmere High School
Nimitz Ninth Grade
Imperial Percussion
Ladies of Unity

For more information, questions or how you can get involved in the LFL-Navigators Program, please contact Regina B. Gervin at 713-756-3342 or regina.gervin@shac.org