District 7040 June 26-28, 2015 ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY · 2015. 4. 19. · RYLA DISTRICT...
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ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY District 7040 Lake Placid & Saranac Lake Sponsoring Clubs June 26-28, 2015
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ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
District 7040
Lake Placid & Saranac Lake
Sponsoring Clubs
June 26-28, 2015
PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE, PAUL SMITHS, NY
RYLA DISTRICT 7040 OVERVIEW
All District 7040 Rotary Clubs eligible and invited to participate
Connect with the New Generation
Dates - June 26-27-28, 2015 – 2 ½ days
Age Range – 15-17 Years old, Sophomores and Juniors
Raise your Club's and high school’s profile in the community
An educational and life changing experience
Leadership and ethics plus life skills
Paul Smiths College on St Regis Lake, the VIC Center and Tupper Lake Wild Center
Cost includes 7 meals + accommodation + activities + materials +.
Cost - $460 CDN all inclusive
Lays a foundation for starting an interact club
The Academy is conducted in English, no French translation available, sorry
RESERVE YOUR SPOT(S) NOW CLICK ON RESERVE/REGISTER on the RYLA home page ww.rotary7040.com…Avenues of Service…Youth Services…. RYLA
“WHEN AND WHERE”
June 26 to June 28, 2015 – 2 ½ days
Come to Paul Smiths College on the shore of St Regis Lake. Live in their newest Dorm Suites. Mix and mingle with other High School students & Rotarians. Learn about Leadership, Experiment and Enjoy the Adirondacks, Visit the VIC and The Tupper Lake Wild Center.
Potential Workshop leaders subject matter experts from Middlebury & Paul Smiths Colleges, Clarkson & St Lawrence Universities, Lake Placid High School, New York State Law Enforcement, Rotary, business world and others.
LP Rotary organizes and staffs event in conjunction with Paul Smiths and The Wild Center. Other club’s welcome to volunteer staff. All staff will be “background checked”.
“WHAT IS IT?”
Objective: to provide an opportunity to 45 young
participants to attend RYLA 2015 which aims to:
•Demonstrate our respect and concern for youth
• Provide an effective training experience for
selected youth and potential leaders
• Encourage leadership of youth by youth
• Recognize publicly young people who are
rendering service to their communities
“WHO”
You may submit up to four applications. The candidates should be selected
on the basis of character, general education and academic excellence,
leadership qualities, and a record of service and volunteering in the school
or community, such as:
● Rotaract ● Boys or Girls Club
● Interact ● Scouts or Guides
● Camp Enterprise ● Junior Achievement
● Coaching ● Sports Team Management
● 4H Club ● Militia
● Student Council ● Political Involvement
● Community Service ● Other Leadership Program
Look for enthusiasm, energy, smarts, inclination to teamwork, self starting. etc.
“HOW TO SELECT DELIGATES”
Contact your high school principal or guidance counselor.
Get them to nominate – best and brightest based on criteria
E -Mail the selected students the application & release forms
Establish a 2 or 3 person Interview Panel
Panel meets students individually at the school for interview - ½ hour per – prepare questions from criteria…
Select finalist(s)
Obtain the Signatures of Deligate(s) & Parents on Form 1
Make sure those not selected don’t get a feeling of failure by working with the person who sponsored their nomination
By May 10 Register your delegate www.rotary7040.com go to Programs…New Generations…RYLA……Reserve/Register
Pay by Credit Card & E-Mail forms to [email protected] by 5/10
“HOW MUCH AND WHERE”
Location: Paul Smith's College on St. Regis Lake in
the Adirondacks, Paul Smiths, New York ( 20 mi.
NW of Lake Placid).
http://www.paulsmiths.edu/future/
Registration deadline is May 10, 2015
Cost is $460 CDN includes 7 meals + 2 nights
accommodation in private rooms and much more.
Visit the Visitor Interpretive Center
Finish program at The Wild Center in Tupper Lake
and graduation banquet for kids and family
MORE INFORMATION
For further information please contact
Bob Hanna, RYLA Registrar
District 7040 web site www.rotary7040.com
……Avenues of Service..…Youth Services.. …RYLA
Rotary International site:
https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/document
/ryla-brochure
TYPICAL ACADEMY MEMORIES
Delegate Memories
My Career Choice Has Changed
I have a new perspective on Leadership
Canadians are COOL!
Terrific…and Too Short!
Met New Friends
My first trip to the US
Paul Smiths Campus is Neat!
