2013 Summer Leadership Discovery Institute

2013 SUMMER LEADERSHIP DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

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Admission to the program is competitive.

Applicants must have Honor Roll Status, an excellent record of school citizenship and the recommendation of their Principal, counselor and one faculty member. An application essay is required. Pick up an application from Ms. Marietta Garbis in the IIC Office.

Application deadline: FEB. 1, 2013

Learn the principles of flight. Learn to tell a good story and turn it into a movie. Practice leadership through service. Learn from leaders who have made change happen. Experience college life on the campus of a major US university in a historic American city.

The Summer Leadership Discovery Institute is a unique and challenging interdisciplinary university-level course for talented high school students offered by the Institute for Innovation and Creativity at ACS Athens in collaboration with St. Louis University.

May 1 - June 14, 2013 On-line Learning

June 19 -21, 2013 Athens Seminars

June 22 - July 5, 2013 St. Louis Program

For information about the program, contact Mr. Steve Medeiros, IIC Dean, at medeiross@acs.gr or 2106393-200, ext. 302.

SUMMER LEADERSHIP DISCOVERY INSTITUTE 2013

EXPERIENCE US COLLEGE LIFE AND STUDY IN A NATIONALLY-RANKED UNIVERSITY

In the online segment of the program, students will engage in observing and reporting on leadership in action, explore leadership theory and consider leadership and ethics issues in literature and popular culture.

EXPERIENCE AMERICAN LIFE AND CULTURE IN A GREAT AMERICAN CITY

FOLLOW A CHALLENGING (AND FUN) INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE OF STUDY AND DISCOVER THE LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL WITHIN YOU

HOW TO APPLY: >COMPLETE AN APPLICATION FORM >TEACHER RECOMMENDATION >COUNSELOR RECOMMENDATION >PRINCIPAL’S RECOMMENDATION >ESSAY Applications due February 1, 2013 send to:

The Summer Leadership Discovery Institute is a program designed collaboratively by the Institute for Innovation and Creativity at ACS Athens and St. Louis University. Drawing upon elements of the Leadership and Ethics program at ACS Athens and the Aviation Science, Communications and Service Learning programs of SLU,and led by a team of ACS Athens and SLU faculty, the program is designed to challenge students to think about, practice and develop leadership skills and productive group dynamics in diverse academic and social settings.

Mr. Steve Medeiros, Dean Institute for Innovation and Creativity ACS Athens medeiross@acs.gr COST: 2300 euros (Tuition, room, board, travel) Need-based financial aid grants available for ACS Athens students. Contact IIC Office for information.

Call 210-6393-200, ext. 302

In the Athens Seminars, students will participate in experiential team-building and fundamental leadership skills development activities. They will explore! “Ethical Challenges” in a series of seminars, simulations and role playing workshops.

Non-ACS Athens participants can connect with this strand of the program through a series of on-line activities.

In the St. Louis University strand of the program, students will learn to fly in state-of-the-art flight simulators and develop teamwork skills in an amazing air traffic control tower simulation (picking up a bit of applied math and physics along the way).

They will learn about the nature and power of storytelling, how to structure a good nsrrative and how to turn the story into a well made documentary film in an adaptation of SLU’s Digital Narratives class. In the process, they will learn practical research, interviewing, IT and filmmaking skills: all essential 21st century communications skills. They will be active participants in one of SLU’s student service projects, and they will have the opportunity to engage with a number of leaders in the St. Louis community who have had a positive impact on the life of their community.

Students will keep a learning journal in which they record and reflect upon the questions that arise and the discoveries that they make throughout the program.

By the end of their time in St. Louis, students will have completed a digital storyboard for and a rough cut of a short documentary film that tells some form of “leadership story,” drawn from the students’ experiences in the different strands of the course. They will present their work-in-progress in a public setting at the end of the St. Louis session.

By September 1, 2013, they will submit their completed documentary film to both St. Louis and Athens faculty. Films will be screened in a minidocumentary film festival in the Theater at ACS. (The festival will be live-streamed so that non ACS Athens participants and St. Louis faculty team can be part of the celebration.} Upon successful completion of the program, students will be awarded one ACS Athens elective credit.

2013 SUMMER LEADERSHIP DISCOVERY INSTITUTE a partnership between the IIC at ACS Athens and St. Louis University May 1 - July 14, 2013: On-line Learning June 19 - 21: Athens Seminars (ACS Athens campus) June 22 - July 5, 2013: St. Louis University Program (SLU Campus, USA)

APPLICATION

NAME: (AS IT APPEARS ON YOUR PASSPORT): CITIZENSHIP:

PASSPORT NUMBER:

WILL YOU REQUIRE A VISA FOR TRAVEL TO THE USA? PHONE:

E-MAIL:

SCHOOL:

GRADE:

GPA:

PARENT’S NAME: PARENT’S PHONE:

PARENT’S E-MAIL:

PARENT’S SIGNATURE:

DATE:

Signature certifies that student has parent’s permission to participate in this program and guarantees full payment will be made by May 15, 2013. Non- refundable deposit of 750 euros due by February 1, 2013. Second payment of 750 euros due by April 15, 2013.

RECOMMENDING TEACHER (NAME/SUBJECT/E-MAIL): RECOMMENDING TEACHER’S SIGNATURE:

DATE:

Signature indicates his/her assessment that the applicant possesses the academic skills and social maturity to complete a rigorous program of college level study.

RECOMMENDING COUNSELOR(NAME/E-MAIL): RECOMMENDING COUNSELOR’S SIGNATURE:

DATE:

Signature verifies GPA and honor roll status and indicates his/her assessment that the applicant possesses the emotional and social maturity to complete a rigorous program of college level study.

PRINCIPAL’S NAME/E-MAIL: PRINCIPAL’S SIGNATURE: Signature indicates his/her assessment that the applicant has achieved an excellent record of school citizenship and will be an excellent ambassador for his/her school during all parts of the program.

ESSAY/APPLICATION PRESENTATION WE WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU AS A PERSON, A THINKER, A LEARNER. IN WHATEVER FORM YOU FEEL BEST REPRESENTS YOU AND IS MOST SUITABLE FOR YOUR PURPOSES, TELL US THE STORY ABOUT THE TIME YOU....

Submit completed application to Steve Medeiros, Dean IIC, ACS Athens, 129 Ag. Paraskevis St., 15234, Halandri, Athens, GREECE. Electronic submission: medeiross@acs.gr (Subject: Leadership Discovery Application). Deadline: February 1, 2013.