Seward Rotary sponsored five Seward High students attending the District 5650 Rotary Youth Leadership Academy last month
Five Seward High juniors attended the recent Rotary Youth Leadership Academy program during the October 12th weekend at Camp Sonshine near Roca, Nebraska. RYLA is sponsored by Rotary District 5650 and Launch Leadership. Students who attended were Alaina Bartlels, Lily Brashear, Cooper Hill, Molly Marroquin, and Avery Rodocker.
RYLA is an intensive leadership experience, offered by Rotary clubs and districts worldwide, where the students develop their skills as a leader, while having fun and making connections. The 48 hour overnight event helped build critical leadership skills, like decision-making and understanding group dynamics, preparing you to be successful and impactful wherever the future takes you.
The program is offered to the students at no expense to the participants, as Seward Rotary Club funded the SHS students. They were selected by a written application and judges interview process, right after school started this Fall.
Rotary International is a global network of 1.4 million members of people and clubs working together in “Service Above Self” on a worldwide basis. Launch Leadership is a local nonprofit organization that creates and facilitates transformational leadership development programs with trained facilitators that use hands-on skilled based curriculum to empower the students to become change-makers in the schools and communities. For more information visit rotary.org or launchleadership.org