2009 SLS Award Winners announced at 24th Annual High School Conference (November 7-9, 2009).
2009 Student of the Year Stacey Sullivan, Bentley High School
2009 SAB Member of the Year Radha Valsadia, Cousino High School
2009 SLS Advisor of the Year Darrell Bechtel, Croswell-Lexington High School
2009 SLS Member Chapter of the Year Chelsea High School
2009 SLS Volunteer of the Year Matt Sterling, SLS Alumnus
2009 Unsung Hero Aimee Leatherman, SLS Alumna
2009 PGVP Lifetime Achievement Award Missy Dyke, SLS Alumna
2009 PGVP Lifetime Achievement Award Stacey Anklam, SLS Alumna
Congratulations 2009 Student Advisory Board
Tony Badder-Bentley High School
Angelica Payne-Farmington High School
Rebecca Prus-Warren Cousino High School Stacey Sullivan-Bentley High School
Radha Valsadia-Warren Cousino High School Leah Zellar-Croswell-Lexington High School
SLS' Peer Mediation Training Launched
April 16, 2009 Student Leadership Services launched its Peer Mediation Training in Madison Heights, MI. The training included developing a Peer Mediation Program, creating a positive climate change of increased acceptance of diversity, development of problem solving, empathy, communication/active listening and negotiation/compromise skills. The training promoted supportive relationships, youth and adult engagement, safe environment and challenging and interactive opportunities.
"Open Door Policy" Parent and Teen Workshop a Success!
On March 19, 2009 seventeen students and their parents at Hoover Middle School (Taylor, MI) participated in a family night. Families participated in a refusal skills workshop. Dawn Flood of Student Leadership Services modeled a variety of strategies to help families communicate. The strategies included working together to reach a goal, brainstorm situations for a specific topic, role playing, and a five step system to help master your refusal skills.
It was great to see parents and students working together to better understand the many pressures each one goes through on a daily basis. The workshop gave them new tools to help communicate not only with each other but with anyone in their life.