Lone Star College Leadership High School (LHS) is currently accepting applications for the 2024-25 academic year. LHS is a leadership development, community awareness and civic engagement program for sophomore and junior high school students who attend a public school within the LSC in-district service area.
“Participating in Leadership High School can help boost a student’s college application to display work outside the conventional classroom,” said Kay Fitzsimons, LSC executive director, Leadership and Economic Development. “It also provides them the opportunity to meet other like-minded students interested in developing leadership skills.”
LHS, offered by Lone Star College, is a program of study that allows students to develop the confidence, personal leadership skills and problem-solving abilities essential to realizing leadership potential. The program is free and the deadline to apply is Sept. 23. Students and parents can visit LoneStar.edu/Leadership-HighSchool to learn more and apply.
“Students learn important leadership skills which they can use for the rest of their lives,” said Fitzsimons.
LHS is scheduled to begin in October with an orientation followed by a series of engaging monthly sessions and concluding with a Certificate Ceremony at the Lone Star Community Building April 12. These sessions offer students the opportunity to interact with community leaders from various backgrounds and industries.
“We want them to understand the need for positive student leaders in the community,” said Fitzsimons. “The goal is to provide a platform to explore best leadership practices and engage in dialogue to better understand the role leaders have in initiating positive change in the community.”
The program also emphasizes peer-to-peer learning and skills to work effectively in a team environment during a community service project.
Lone Star College enrolls over 80,000 students each semester providing high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education. LSC is training tomorrow’s workforce today and redefining the community college experience to support student success. Mario K. Castillo, J.D., serves as Chancellor of LSC, the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For® institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education. LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College. To learn more, visit LoneStar.edu.