The "Leadership Squad" at Edison Jr High is spending a few days on a college campus to learn how to be effective leaders....
(Rock Island, IL) There are 7 eighth grade students from Edison Junior High school going to the University of Illinois Extension Summer Illini Academy in Leadership later this month. They will be living and easting in the dorm for four days. They will be learning about different leadership styles and attending Leadership training with about 300 to 400 students from around the state. The Leadership Squad at Edison Junior High School is funded through the 21st CCLC "Lights ON" for Learning program which partners with the University of Illinois Extension and Mrs. Diane Baker.
Site Coordinator, Susan Witmer, says the learning that will take place there is unmeasurable. "Without this great community partnership, our students would not have this opportunity to see what it is like to live on a college campus, participate in community service projects in the Champaign area and see some of what college life is like."
Students will be on the University of Illinois campus from June 22 through June 25. The students attending include Man Lun, Paw Ka Ku, Dakota Tello-Goossens, Mykeisha Wells, Rashawn Overton, Patience Mutoni and Ethan Wiley.
(Rock Island, IL) There are 7 eighth grade students from Edison Junior High school going to the University of Illinois Extension Summer Illini Academy in Leadership later this month. They will be living and easting in the dorm for four days. They will be learning about different leadership styles and attending Leadership training with about 300 to 400 students from around the state. The Leadership Squad at Edison Junior High School is funded through the 21st CCLC "Lights ON" for Learning program which partners with the University of Illinois Extension and Mrs. Diane Baker.
Site Coordinator, Susan Witmer, says the learning that will take place there is unmeasurable. "Without this great community partnership, our students would not have this opportunity to see what it is like to live on a college campus, participate in community service projects in the Champaign area and see some of what college life is like."
Students will be on the University of Illinois campus from June 22 through June 25. The students attending include Man Lun, Paw Ka Ku, Dakota Tello-Goossens, Mykeisha Wells, Rashawn Overton, Patience Mutoni and Ethan Wiley.
