Students from Peru Central School led their peers from 4 neighboring Adirondack schools in the CFES Student Leadership Summit at the CFES Center in Essex, NY on Tuesday, April 29.
“The leadership summit provides an opportunity for students to share experiences as young leaders,” said Chris Mazella, High School Principal at Peru Central School. “It allows all participants to step out of their comfort zones and expand their mindsets which in turn helps each respective school to build upon their leadership initiatives and achieve goals.”
These students, known as Scholars, are part of the College For Every Student (CFES) program that targets low-income students to help them get to and through college.
“Leadership skills help students gain the self-confidence and resilience they need to not just get to college but to be successful there,” said CFES President & CEO Rick Dalton. “We believe in empowering our Scholars and giving them the tools they need to take charge of their futures.”
About CFES
For the past 22 years, CFES has helped make college a reality for more than 75,000 low-income, first-generation youth by raising academic aspirations and performance. CFES currently serves 20,000 students (known as CFES Scholars) in 200 urban and rural schools across 24 states.
A recent study of low-income middle school students, conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Michigan, found substantial evidence of the impact of CFES’ three core practices — Mentoring, Leadership through Service and Pathways to College — on the development of aspirations among at-risk students to complete four-year college degrees. To read the executive summary go to: http://www.collegefes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/UM-Report-Executive-Summary.pdf
For more information, visit www.collegefes.org.
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