A new program that started this school year at Greene County High School helps to instill what it means to be a leader.

Activities Director Todd Gordon tells Raccoon Valley Radio about 10-15 students met on a weekly basis for 15 minutes early in the morning for a ram Leadership meeting. He says within those meetings he uses different resources from books on leadership, to videos and current events to focus the students on what it means to be a leader. Gordon points out one of the reasons he started the group was because he felt there was a lack of leadership that he needed to impart on the students.

“Who’s going to help the next generation? Are we just going to let them figure it out on their own? No. They can’t figure it out by being on social media because that can be a cesspool. It’s not a hero thing at all, it’s just we need to do something. If you see a need you act on it. Well, I just decided to act on it.”   

He reflects on how well he thinks the morning sessions have been for those who participated. 

“It’s been good to see, I think, the growth of some of our kids in leadership and how they don’t think about leadership being something so small. How can you help somebody else have a good day? We’re in a culture where it’s just all about me, me, me and sometimes we don’t look at the servant aspect of things and being a servant leader.” 

Gordon believes leaders have been cultivated from this year’s participants and moving forward he thinks the future generation is in good hands.