Creating maximum potential in our youth
EIGHT high school students from around the Tweed have completed an intense 22-week community mentoring program, helping them to improve their leadership skills as part of the Max Potential program.
Program organiser Carolyn Bryant said the students were matched with a mentor who challenges them to question societal expectations as well as help them give back to the community through a chosen project.
"This program tends to help them with time management, goal focussing, question what's society is all about and where they fit in, managing bullying and leadership development,” Ms Bryant said.
Kingscliff High School student Clare Tunks participated in this year's program and said it allowed her to learn some new life skills.
"I got self-confidence and I was never a big decision maker but this has helped me a lot,” Ms Tunks said.
Social worker Betina Huber said it wasn't just the students who had improved themselves.
"My student was very organised and I have a long distance goal so I learnt from her how to go about planning how I'm going to get to my goal,” she said.
