670 students attend 2016 Shelby County Schools high school leadership conference

About 670 students from schools across Alabama attended the Shelby County Leadership Summit to learn how to lead positive change in their schools.

This marked the fourth year for the event, which was originally inspired by eight Oak Mountain High School students in January 2013. The event has since impacted over 1,000 high school students and has continued to grow each year, including this year’s record-setting attendance of 670 students.

Program Director John Milton, who assists in student leadership development at Oak Mountain High School, said the students who attend the Leadership Summit are part of a collective of student leaders who will lead positive change within their communities this school year.

“Leadership is a call to action, and it is my hope that today you will be inspired to live your life to make a difference in the lives of others,” Milton told the students through the program booklet.

Kevin Paul Scott, co-founder of ADDO Worldwide and the ADDO Institute, was the presenter for the sessions. Matt Peele and Katie Bersinger, with Elevate Live Events, also helped facilitate the summit. Mandy Kelly, an Oak Mountain High School graduate who currently serves as a Senator At-Large with the Student Government Senate at Auburn University, also shared what she has learned about leadership.

– Submitted by Cindy Warner, Shelby County Schools.