Creating leadership opportunities for students.
About the Program
The Fred Saigh Leadership Academy, beginning in fall 2004, broadens student horizons beyond the classroom through new and unique community-related opportunities.
Each year, up to 20 high school students who show leadership potential are selected to participate in a year of training. The curriculum introduces, fosters and develops leadership skills and involves the students in issues that face the community. At the completion of the program, the students return to their respective schools equipped to campaign for school offices, manage school projects and assume leadership positions. The program ends with a graduation ceremony where the students share their most memorable experiences and how the program has impacted their lives.
The selected students take one day each month to visit and explore key sites/locations and meet leaders throughout the metropolitan area. The program exposes the students to the institutions that make our community vital and effective in meeting the needs of its citizens. Examples include a visit to the St. Louis County Executive’s Office, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the State Capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri. To get a fuller sense of what activities the program involves, you can take a look at this year’s schedule of activities.
Meet the Leadership Academy’s class of 2024:
Israel Anjorin of Parkway Central High School
Jack Balmer of Parkway West High School
Henry Becker of Lindbergh High School
Joy Buchannon of STEAM Academy a McCluer South
Olivia Brown of Pattonville High School
Vanessa Cummings of McCluer High School
Lilah Durham of Brentwood High School
Damian Ewald of Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Montell Jackson of Riverview Gardens High School
Terrance Jones of McCluer North High School
Kai Lawson of Webster Groves High School
Taylor Owens of Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Henry Regans of Riverview Gardens High School
Tyson Stegall of McCluer High School
Zynia Thomas of Jennings High School
2023-2024 Leadership Academy class visits the Little Bit Foundation.
See the 2022-2023 Fred Saigh Leadership Academy Class
From the Newsroom
Henry Becker is the recipient of Lindbergh’s Most Inspirational Senior Award! This award goes to a student who has been most inspiring to the teachers and students at Lindbergh High School (LHS).
SEF is looking for more high school students to apply for next year’s Fred Saigh Leadership Academy.
SEF looks for those high school students to embark on a transformative journey that will expand horizons and shape their lives as future leaders.
