Join us for our Safe Schools and Healthy Students (SSHS) Youth Leadership Summit from

February 11 – 13, 2009 at the Arlington Convention Center!

The SSHS Youth Leadership Summit is a high-energy, 2 ½ day program that is designed to motivate and guide students and their sponsors into a position of leadership for their campus student safety team, as well as to equip them with the skills and tools necessary to do the job successfully! 

 The SSHS Youth Leadership Summit includes outstanding keynote presentations, partnered with specific youth leadership workshops by each keynote speaker.  Small group interactive sessions will also be held in which youth teams develop a presentation for the adult participants at the Summit, which can be taken back to deliver directly to school district staff. 

 Registration and all meals and snacks will be provided free of charge for students and sponsors, and entertainment events such as a bounce-around carnival and a concert by inspiring artists will surely keep you hopping! 

The SSHS Youth Leadership Summit can be attended by invitation of your ESC Region's Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) Specialist.  Each ESC Region will have two different high-school aged teams of four students, with each team accompanied by one adult sponsor.

 Click here to get contact information for the SDFSC Specialists at the 20 ESCs and TEA.  

 2009 SSHS Youth Leadership Summit Schedule at a Glance

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm	Registration Open
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
7:30 am	Registration and Exhibits Open
7:30 am to 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:30 am to 10:30 am	Opening General Session and Keynote
	Empowered Youth, Empowered Adults: Creating Safer Schools Together - Rick Phillips, Community Matters
10:30 am to 11:00 am	Break and Refreshments in Exhibit Hall
11:00 am to 12:00 pm	Engaging, Equipping, and Empowering Youth as Peacemakers  - Rick Phillips, Community Matters
12:00 pm to 12:45 pm	Youth/Sponsor Lunch at the Arlington Convention Center
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm	Engaging, Equipping, and Empowering Youth as Peacemakers, cont.
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm	Break and Refreshments in Youth Activity Room
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm	DRAMA: Life in School... - Elizabeth Etier, paxUnited
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm	Dinner Break
6:30 pm to 7:45 pm	The Choking Game (GASP) Presentation for Students - Scott Metheny and Charlene Sandel, GASP
7:45 to 8:00 pm	Break
8:00 pm to 9:30 pm	Concert by the WARRIORS
9:30 pm	Closing Announcements
Thursday, February 12, 2009
7:30 am	Registration and Exhibits Open
7:30 am to 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:30 am to 10:00 am	MySpace, FaceBook, and YouTube Oh My!  Internet Safety and Cyber Bullying - Rod Pruitt, Education Service Center, Region 14
10:00 am to 10:30 am	Break and Refreshments in Exhibit Hall
10:30 am to 12:00 pm	School Is My Job - Alfred "Coach" Powell, Visionary Leaders Institute
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm	Networking Luncheon and School Safety Best Practices
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm	Team Building Exercises
2:30 pm to 2:45 pm	Break and Refreshments in Grand Hall Foyer
2:45 pm to 4:00 pm	In Our Own Words - Student Leadership Workshop - Nathan Eklund, Search Institute
	Work on student leadership presentations
4:00 pm to 4:15 pm	Break
4:15 pm to 5:30 pm	In Our Own Words - Student Leadership Workshop, cont.
	Work on student leadership presentations
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm	Dinner Break
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm	Do student leadership presentations for peers
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm	Student Bounce-Around Carnival
Friday, February 13, 2009
8:00 am to 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am to 9:30 am	"In Our Own Words" - Student Panel Presentation to SSHS Adult Participants
9:30 am to 9:45 am	Break
9:45 am to 11:15 am	Closing General Session and Keynote
	A New Golden Rule - Nathan Eklund, Search Institute
11:15 am to 11:30 am	Summit Conclusion and Door Prize Drawings