Helping kids become leaders at school and in the community

Leadership Academy is an after-school club offered at middle schools throughout the Rochester Public Schools District. It’s for students who are interested in:

• Developing leadership skills
• Exploring future career options
• Researching college access
• Giving back to their community

Through participation in team-building exercises, leadership-development activities, self-reflection, and service-learning projects students learn new skills and develop leadership potential. The program starts with developing leadership goals and culminates in a community-engagement event to display the outcomes of their service-learning projects.

If you’re interested in learning more, please contact Nicole Weninger at Nicole.Weninger@ymcamn.org.

Leadership Academy is partially funded with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, CFDA 84.287, Every Student Succeeds Act, Title IV B – 21st Century Community Learning Centers.