Global Youth Leadership Institute: Mission To nurture leadership for global communities and to assist schools in their mission to educate socially responsible young people.
St. Francis High School has been a part of the Global Youth Leadership Institute (GYLI) for four years. Please see the GYLI website for more information about the program (www.gyli.org). The program was originally started by ISACS (the Independent Schools Association of the Central States) and then went out on its own. GYLI is a wonderful opportunity for our students to develop their leadership skills and network with students from other Independent schools from around the US. Students apply in their freshmen year, and are chosen by the St. Francis GYLI faculty and the Head of School. The program begins in the summer after the freshman year, and continues in the summers after sophomore year and junior year. The three years of the program are as follows:
Year I Program 1 week Summer 2009
~for incoming 10th graders~
Year II Program 1 week Summer 2010
~for incoming 11th graders~
“Sailing in the Wake of our Ancestors”
Content: Skills and Understandings for Group Leadership
“Developing a Personal Leadership Vision”
Content: Advanced Leadership Theory and Skills
“Practicum in Global Pluralism”
Content: Cross-Cultural Immersion in a Problem of World Concord
Location: On board the Schooner Denis Sullivan or the Freedom Schooner Amistad, off shore in Wisconsin or Mystic Seaport, CT
Location: The Lama Foundation, Northern New Mexico
Location: EARTH University, Costa Rica
Faculty Advisor: David Word
Laura Rebollo
Alexius Perry
Dynessia Johnson
Faculty Advisor: Angela Katz
Julia Bendon
Caitlin Joy
Zsantinia Harris
Faculty Advisor: Keith Ashley
Tyree Wilburn
Graduates of Three year program:
Ashlee Swift ‘09
Rachel Linkous ‘09
Chris Thomas ‘09
If you would like further information, go to www.gyli.org
We hope that you will consider applying for this exciting opportunity. The tuition for the program is described on the website. You would also be responsible for your own airfare to and from the program, although the school will coordinate travel plans. There is need-based financial aid available for any student who receives financial aid to attend St. Francis High School, so please do not let the costs be a reason to decline this opportunity. If you are interested, please write a one to two paragraph essay on why you would like to do this and deliver it to Alexandra Thurstone by the end of the day Monday, Dec 1st.
