Waterville Senior High Student Council members helped lead a statewide conference in Niagara Falls, New York where the council was also recognized.
Students Cole Adams, Tyler Barth, Natalee Collins, Valorie Ford, Hanley Poyer and Gavin Poyer, along with Senior High Student Council advisor Kate Worwa and Junior High Student Council advisor Jennifer Dodge, attended the New York State Council on Leadership and Student Activities Conference on March 12-14.
Hanley Poyer, a junior, and Cole Adams, a freshman, are on the Student Board and helped organize the event for more than 400 students and advisors. In addition to helping plan the conference, both put on leadership workshops for students. Poyer held a workshop on public speaking and Adams ran a workshop on teamwork.
Poyer also ran a roundtable discussion on Student Council’s Spirit Extravaganza, while Adams ran a round table on Teacher Appreciation.
Both have been re-elected to the Student Board and will help plan the next conference in Syracuse.
Attendees went to workshops, heard motivational speakers, took part in energizers and got to walk to see Niagara Falls.
“I always feel inspired upon leaving. The Waterville students seem so excited to implement all that they learned,” Worwa said.
The Waterville Senior High Student Council was designated a NYS CLSA Honor Council and won the State Charity Award for raising the most money for the NYS CLSA charity, The Special Olympics. Waterville raised $806.92 to donate to The Special Olympics.
At the conference awards ceremony, Collins was awarded the “Outstanding Student Leader” award, which is an advisor-chosen ward for each attending school. Poyer was one of three recipients of the “Student Recognition” award. This award was based on the creativity and originality of their leadership work, contributions made to NYS CLSA, service to their school and community and tangible benefits they have brought to their school and the community.
“Watching some of them step outside their comfort zones and come out smiling makes the trip worthwhile,” Worwa said.
