The Wyckoff-Midland Park Rotary Selects RYLA Participants

Posted by Andrew Garlick 
on Apr 27, 2013
 

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The Club has selected the following students to attend RYLA this year:

From Midland Park High School:

  • Calvin Bushman
  • Nicole Cartaino
  • Nicole Hallak
  • Daniel Lynam
  • Erin McKenna
  • Elizabeth Pattman - Alternate
  • Alyssia Pacheco - Alternate 
  • Julianne Belesto - Alternate 

From Ramapo High School:

  • John Fasitta
  • Gabrielle Spezia 
  • Sahara Gipson 
  • Anna Pokosovsky
  • Amelia Breckenridge - Alternate
  • Camille Charles - Alternate
  • Rachel Azarian - Alternate 

From Waldwick High School:

  • David DeIanni (member of the Venturing Crew we sponsor) 

From Bergen Catholic High School:

  • Ethan Adams 

Congratulations to the youth, and thanks to the Committee.


 


 

RYLA is a 5 day intensive leadership training program that Rotary offers to High School Juniors. 

The objectives of RYLA are

  • To encourage and assist youth leaders and potential leaders in methods of responsible and effective leadership by providing them with a training experience.
  • To encourage continued and stronger leadership of youth by youth
  • To publicly recognize the outstanding qualities of many young people who are rendering service to their schools and communities as leaders

The entire focus of RYLA is to provide foundational leadership skills for teenagers. It has been said that leadership cannot be taught, but it must be learned. At RYLA there are opportunities to learn leadership skills through experiential activities, incredible speakers, small group discussions, large group presentations, and in building life-long friendships. 

Part of the magic of RYLA is not having any expectations going into it, which is why we are rather close-mouthed about exactly what we do. RYLA keeps the students busy all day every day, but the end result is more than worth the initial scariness of the unknown. 

No one who has attended RYLA has not been transformed!

 


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