Leadership Wilkes-Barre

Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre is a leadership program for high school juniors which encourages and enables potential young leaders to develop their leadership skills while increasing their awareness of the various elements that form their community. The Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre program began in the 1987-88 school year as a project of the adult Leadership Wilkes-Barre Class of 1988. It is now guided by a program director and an advisory council consisting of a cross section of community leaders and Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre graduates. The program has the support of the area's school districts.

Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre offers students the opportunity to work with a number of adult leaders in their community through day-long seminars held over a period of ten months. An in-depth curriculum acquaints participants with community needs, opportunities, challenges and resources. The program begins with a session focusing on developing leadership skills. Subsequent meetings feature several topic areas including the media, human services, government, diversity, the justice system, citizenship and other community issues. These sessions are held at various locations in the Greater Wilkes-Barre area.

Objectives

Encourage students to recognize their own potential and develop their leadership skills
Acquaint students with community needs, resources and other factors that influence the direction of the greater Wilkes-Barre area
Provide opportunities for a diverse group of students to interact with each other and with community leaders and decision-makers
Foster students' interest in volunteer community service

Service Learning
An integral part of student learning is the selection, organization and implementation of a community service project. This component of the Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre curriculum connects classroom learning to the real world as students actively engage in service to the community. Young leaders are challenged to use their leadership skills as they work together to achieve tangible results.

Junior LWB Advisory Council

Amy Andrejko
Susan Augello
Virginia Augello
Jenna Baron
Jordan Britt
Nicole Clemson
William Conlon
Meredith English
Rosella Fedor
Jarrett Ferentino, Esq.
Jeffrey Hamilton
Amy Hetro
Betsy Husain, RN
Dennis Jumper
Amanda Kuhl
John Lisman
Bob Loftus
Lindsay Nataupsky
Cathy O’Donnell, Esq.
Neil O'Donnell
Neela Patel
Janet Rosenbaum
Kathleen Savage
Tom Scappaticci
Jonathan Schall
Janis Wilson Seeley, Ph.D.
Nancy Snyder, Esq.
Tom Williams, III (Chair)

For more information about the Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre Program, contact Kim Koehl, Program Director, at 823-2101 ext. 134.