Hillcrest HS Students Attend Leadership Conference

Student Council and National Honor Society members from Hillcrest High School recently traveled to Evergreen Park High School to participate in team building activities. The students were joined by members from 12 other schools throughout the South Suburban Conference. The groups discussed current issues in their high schools and enjoyed sharing positive events that are happening at their schools. They were able to collaborate on skit writing and act out the school issues. The skits were based on bullying, sexual harassment, high drop-out rates, homelessness, lack of participation, race issues, vandalism, excluding/harassing underclassman, and empathy for education.

“The students enjoyed working with peers from neighboring schools to perform some poignant current happenings in our schools,” said Mrs. Jane Molek, Hillcrest Student Council Sponsor.

To add to the busy day, the group watched a moving motivational presentation on “Being the Catalyst for Change,” by Scott Backovich (http://scottbackovich.com/meet-scott/). The day culminated with a sharing discussion on the reasons high school students do not feel like they can participate and ways to increase student participation in school events.

“The Hillcrest students were eager to learn strategies to increase and improve leadership skills needed to be an effective student leader in our school,” said Mrs. Molek.

To find out more about Hillcrest’s National Honor Society please contact Mrs. Coradina Tate at ctate@bhsd228.com. For more information on Hillcrest’s Student Council please contact Mrs. Jane Molek at jmolek@bhsd228.com