Long Road, continued
maximum effort. Anyone’s success or failure
is related to the degree of effort.” Marquette
created the “I Can” program, which he takes to
area schools, encouraging kids to reach for the
top. Teachers and principals in local elementary
schools choose a student in each grade who would
really benefit from the encouragement. The child
receives a certificate and a gift card to a local
bookstore. These are the students in the middle who often don