Student Leadership Johns Creek Opens Application Process

The Student Leadership Johns Creek (SLJC) Program equips students with chances to acquire and implement leadership skills in their school and community. The mission of SLJC is to foster the development of student leadership skills through various experiences.

Applicants are now available for the upcoming class, and the deadline to apply is Jan. 30, 2017.

Applications are available at www.leadershipjohnscreek.com or through the Schools Sponsors at each of the four Johns Creek schools (Centennial, Chattahoochee, Johns Creek, and Northview).

This is a two-year program that involves student leaders from Johns Creek High Schools. Participants in the first year program learn valuable leadership skills at the various program dates they attend and then go back to their “feeder” schools and teach these skills in creative ways to their younger peers as well as participate in community outreach projects.

Students in the second year work more independently, their first project was to create an on-line portfolio incorporating resume building, mission and vision, and explaining who they want to become after high school and college. The second project was to shadow a business professional in a field they are considering pursuing.

The business leaders in Johns Creek have been extremely receptive to the students being their shadow for a day. Students who complete the program successfully will attend a graduation ceremony held in April at Centennial High School.

Graduates from the program receive graduation cords that they proudly wear during their high school graduation ceremony to signify their participation in this highly competitive program, and in addition each graduate of the two-year program learns valuable leadership skills including:

• Have an increased awareness of the community outside of school and personal activities
• Have an increased sense of self-worth, enhanced critical thinking and problem solving abilities fostered through real-life application
• Be better equipped to take on leadership roles at college and in careers
• Become future leaders of our city and beyond
• Have strong connections to, and become an integral part of, the future success of Johns Creek

More information about Student Leadership Johns Creek can be found at www.leadershipjohnscreek.com.

Photo: Student Leadership Johns Creek members at the Founders Parade. Credit: Student Leadership Johns Creek's Facebook page