In the LEADERS 5 program, 5th graders take the leadership traits they learned the year prior in Academy 4 and put them into action! Fifth graders become mentors themselves to younger students in their schools, teaching them about leadership and spending quality time together.

The LEADERS 5 Program

• Challenges 5th graders and provides them with opportunities to BE LEADERS in their school and to serve their community.

• Reinforces the LEADERS acrostic learned in Academy 4 through living it and sharing it.

• Creates a stronger leadership culture in the school with a simple introduction to leadership for younger students.

• Fosters social-emotional development through a mentoring relationship between a 5th grader and their younger mentee.