Raise The Bar
Fifteen student speakers take the stage to share ideas that challenge, inspire, and move their community forward.
Check-in and registration begin at 10:15 AM.
How students are showing up.
Every talk is shaped around three powerful ideas: how we think, how we lead, and how we take action in the world around us.
THINK
Challenge your mindset.
LEAD
Inspire and influence others.
SHOW UP
Take action. Make it count.
A first-of-its-kind stage for student voices in Clarke County.
TEDxCCSD Youth brings together students, families, and the community for a powerful live experience centered on ideas and impact.
Raise The Bar
Fifteen students from elementary, middle, and high schools will take the stage to share ideas designed to challenge perspectives and inspire change.
Each talk explores how we think, how we lead, and how we show up in the world.
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED created TEDx, a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.
At TEDxCCSD Youth, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark discussion, connection, and meaningful community conversation.
The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but each TEDx event, including this one, is independently organized.
Learn more about the TEDx programFifteen student voices. One stage.
Meet the CCSD students taking the stage to share ideas that challenge perspectives, inspire action, and raise the bar.
Emaline Benson
Whitehead Road Elementary School
Mariah Carson
Clarke Central High School and Athens Community Career Academy
Caitlin Davis
Hilsman Middle School
Essex Forker
Clarke Central High School and Athens Community Career Academy
Brandon Frazier
Clarke Central High School
Kenji Funato
Timothy Road Elementary School
A'Niyah Grimes
Gaines Elementary School
Leah Hussain
Barnett Shoals Elementary School
Aidric Johnson
Coile Middle School
Eden Moye
Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School
Laila Nobles
Clarke Central High School
Ruby Smothers
Gaines Elementary School
Kayla Walker
Clarke Central High School and Athens Community Career Academy
Ryan Watkins
Hilsman Middle School
A'layja Wilson
Coile Middle School
Join us May 9 in Athens.
TEDxCCSD Youth is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged.
TEDxCCSD Youth 2026
Fifteen student speakers will take the stage to share ideas centered on how they think, lead, and show up.
Reserve Your Seat595 Prince Avenue
Athens, Georgia 30601
Advance registration helps the team prepare for guests.
The people helping bring student ideas to the stage.
TEDxCCSD Youth is led by educators, organizers, and community leaders committed to creating a meaningful platform for student voice.
Their work supports students as they prepare to think boldly, lead with purpose, and show up with ideas worth spreading.
Stephen Nobles
Helping guide the vision, planning, and student-centered experience behind TEDxCCSD Youth.
Aliceson Nobles
Supporting the coordination and execution of a powerful platform for Clarke County student voices.
Be in the room where ideas take shape.
Support student voices. Experience powerful ideas. Be part of a community raising the bar.
Reserve Your Seat