GRAFTON, W.Va. – Eighth-graders at Taylor County Middle School are going through a pilot leadership program designed to empower and enable students to become agents of change.
The initiative encourages students to find a leadership style as well as the best approaches for community engagement.
As a way to advance the program’s mission, students will take a trip to Mingo County.
“We’re going to meet with eighth-grade students from Matewan Middle School and Williamson Middle School for a roundtable discussion of this is what our community is like, now how can we start to do it differently now,” Taylor County Middle School counselor Jerry Dooley said.
Dooley added she is hopeful that after this year the program can be offered to all eighth-graders.
To fund the trip there will be a silent auction at the school this Saturday.
Some of the items up for bid include a football autographed by West Virginia native Nick Saban, tethered hot air balloon rides and tickets to the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.
The auction begins at noon.