The Leadership Team meets every Tuesday after school in room 813 (by the nurse's office).  Come and see what it is all about!

 

• On March 29, 2007, students from Aiken University H.S. Leadership Team participated in "Pinwheels for  Prevention," and helped to place over 5000 pinwheels to raise awareness of child abuse.  Read the article from The Enquirer here.   Watch the news story on Channel 5 here.

Leadership team is a group of committed students, grades 9—12, who work to positively change the culture of their school and community through acts of community service and good citizenship.

School projects include: litter patrol; landscaping; Big Brothers/Big Sisters; National Gun Violence Prevention; Red Ribbon Week; Prom Promise; summer bridge; orientation; Brotherhood Month Programming; annual school wide peace projects; etc. 

Neighborhood projects include: partnering youth and seniors at local nursing homes; Make A Difference Day activities; voter registration; school levy campaign work; canned food drives for social service agencies; elementary mentoring programs; recycling; and so on. 

Community at Large projects include: work with the American Heart Association; March of Dimes; United Way; STAND; Center for Peace and Education, Ronald McDonald House and others.

Over the years, the Leadership Team has won many prestigious awards including The Lighthouse Vision Award for Community Service. This year, the group won the Inclusion Award, given by the Inclusion Network of Greater Cincinnati to groups that are open to a diverse population. The group is also building a Habitat for Humanity House and six members have been awarded the Presidential Student Service Award for completing over 100 hours of community service .