HYPE: San Diego

Mission Statement

HYPE (High School Youth Pursuing Excellence) is a dynamic student leadership team that empowers high school students to make a positive impact within CYT, the local community, and beyond. 

What does a HYPE Member Do?

Connect, dream, pray, and plan.
  • Provide CYT staff and executive leadership with insight and artistic ideas regarding programming, events, and show productions.
  • Lead socials, fundraisers, and service projects for CYT and the greater community.
  • Attend local HYPE meetings (typically 1/month)
  • HYPE Members must commit to a full year of CYT service and participation
    • Service = First class days, auditions, showcases, chapter events, and fundraising.
    • Participation = at least one session of classes
    • Show Participation = Cast, Crew, House Volunteers, Set-up or Strike 

Leadership

Leadership is a way that HYPE students build relationships with other students at CYT (generally younger and newer), intentionally seeking to help them grow and find their place at CYT and as a follower of God.

Why do HYPE students mentor others?
  1. To teach students to intentionally invest in other people’s lives
  2. To train up the next generation of leaders after them.
  3. To learn how to actively be a role model to younger CYT students, which will give more incentive for those younger students to stay involved with CYT.


Some of the ways that HYPE students lead at CYT are: building friendships with younger/newer kids; doing HYPE buddies or show buddies; leading devotions/worship at rehearsals; having a "Tween Night"; or making a "Tech Week Survival Kit" for new students.

Leadership might not be the easiest to measure, but it is the most important aspect of HYPE, because making an impact on other people's lives is the key to great relationships - and that's what HYPE aspires to teach.
  

Service Projects

There are two types of service projects that HYPE does - one for CYT, and one for the community. The kinds of service projects vary and cover everything from cleaning a CYT storage space or improving production space, to serving a Super Saturday breakfast to the cast, to volunteering at a soup kitchen, or visiting a retirement home.

Why does HYPE do service projects?
  1. To build a heart of servant leadership in students, which is a major aspect of HYPE’s leadership training.
  2. Practically speaking, to help CYT and the community with projects that need volunteers. It also helps spread the name of CYT into the community in a positive way.
  3. To help open students’ eyes to needs in the community that they might not have previously been aware of.
The amount of service projects that HYPE does depends on the schedule and size of the group, but generally, there are one to four per year (especially if they are doing one for CYT and one for the community within the same session).

Socials


Socials are events planned by HYPE students for the CYT community to come participate in and have fun outside of classes and rehearsals. They include things like a roller-skating night, a masquerade ball, a harvest party, a movie night, or a swing dance.

Why does HYPE plan and put on socials?
  1. To build community at CYT. Providing fun opportunities for kids to bond outside of CYT classes and rehearsals goes a long way in making CYT a closer family.
  2. To build responsibility and teamwork as students work together to plan and put on the event.
  3. To give experience that students can take with them into the next step of life (as a college RA, in a future career path, etc.).
Newer or smaller HYPE groups might put on one social per year, but older or larger HYPE groups might have one per class session for up to three or four a year (if they also do one in the summer).

FUN-draisers!

HYPE puts on fundraisers to raise money the CYT Sponsorship Fund and to support their own goals and purposes.

What are those goals?
  1. To put on events (to pay for things such as the venue, decorations, prizes, etc.)
  2. To attend the CYT Expo
  3. To donate to causes of its choice.
Teaching budgeting and fundraising to high school students will also give them lifelong skills in handling money, which will be useful for just about any job they might acquire.

Some of the typical HYPE fundraisers include having a bake sale at auditions, doing a raffle basket during one of the show performances, charging admission to a social event, and selling doughnuts or pizza at rehearsals.

HYPE Roles at a Glance

PRESIDENT
  • To guide and inspire a group of peers to be the best student leaders at CYT they can be
  • To help shape the vision for student leadership at CYT
  • To invest in relationships both with other HYPE members and other CYT Students to love them and help them to grow
  • Creates agenda for HYPE meetings in partnership with HYPE Adviser
  • Facilitates meetings in partnership with Adviser
  • Assists with vision for the group as well as challenges to promote growth and unity
VICE PRESIDENT
  • To support the President in guiding and inspiring a group of peers to be the best student leaders at CYT they can be
  • To help keep members focused during meetings
  • Facilitates meetings in partnership with the Adviser when President is unavailable
SECRETARY
  • Takes detailed minutes of discussion items and decisions voted upon at each meeting
  • Contacts all members via slack, phone, text, and/or email regarding meetings and events
  • Sends out correspondence representing the HYPE team (thank you notes, get well cards, congrats cards, etc)
MINISTRY COORDINATOR
  • Begins each HYPE meeting with prayer
  • Gives short devotion at each HYPE meeting
  • Provides devotion/encouragement on slack bi-weekly
  • Coordinates Worship materials with CYT Leadership
  • Brings ideas for service projects to HYPE meeting for selection
EVENTS & MENTORSHIP COORDINATOR
  • Brings ideas for mentoring & socials to HYPE meeting for selection
  • Coordinates mentoring & event planning throughout each CYT session
  • Assigns & monitors HYPE buddies
  • Plans Spirit Days & monitors
FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR
  • Brings ideas for fundraisers to HYPE meetings for selection
  • To plan creative fundraising activities that will raise money effectively without draining energy from the group
  • Helps coordinate & facilitate on-going HYPE fundraising projects
  • Gives a financial report of fundraising efforts at each HYPE meeting provided by CYT Leadership
PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR
  • Promotes CYT Programming, Events & Fundraising through fliers, photos, graphics, videos and social media posts
  • Seeks ways to improve our relationship and marketing with students & parents
AMBASSADOR
  • To assist the appointed leaders of HYPE to carry out the Mission of CYT and functions of each of these roles
  • Be the hands and feet of the needs of HYPE (fundraising, events, mentorship, service and ministry opportunities)

Parent Support

Consider hosting a HYPE meeting at your home. It's a fantastic way to support the program and create a positive space for young leaders to thrive. 

HYPE Hub

HYPE appointed Leadership can access their calendar and find support information here.
HYPE Hub