The first meeting of the Youth Leadership Summit was held Oct. 13 at Madison Oneida BOCES. Component districts are invited to send a team of student representatives to three meetings throughout the school year. The theme for this year’s Summit is “Building Self-Esteem.”
Each district team’s goal is to develop plans which will benefit students, their districts and their communities. An emphasis on this year’s planning will include:
- dialogue and planning process regarding issues that are important from student perspectives related to building on self-esteem.
- focus on opportunities to build on self-esteem and develop a plan of action that addresses a youth-related issue.
- taking action locally in order to improve on self, others and their communities.
- consideration of community service projects and volunteerism and student leadership.
The Canastota team consists of advisors, Liz Garofalo and Lisa Visalli and the following students: Sam Cesario, Luke Ackerman, Matt McDermott, Jacob Malbouf, Logan Hood, Payten Shirley, Zach Piatkowski, Kendra Evans, Lee Hannan and Lucas Barnello. The next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 13.