Who we are...

     The Richland Two Youth Action Council is comprised of student leaders from across the school district. Our mission is to promote youth-directed civic engagement through a service-learning framework.

   Some of our responsibilities include awarding service learning mini-grants to teachers, engaging in school and community service and sharing our work at local, state, and national levels.

What we do...

• Help students and teachers become more involved in connecting important issues like poverty, hunger, and homelessness to classroom study.
  
  
• Form partnerships to bring additional resources to support service-learning in Richland School District Two.
  
  
• Share expertise with others at local, state, and national levels.

To learn more about Youth Action Council and membership qualifications click here.

'08-'09 YAC Priorities

• Continue their study of the service learning process, its standards and its effectiveness as a successful education strategy in order to serve as experts in the field.
  
  
• Facilitate youth-to-youth and youth/adult training in leadership and service that is integrated into academic study.
  
  
• Establish and implement service learning goals for the year at their respective schools.
  
  
• Assist with districtwide grant dissemination, selection of school grant recipients, data collection and analysis for program evaluation purposes.
  
  
• Employ technological skills to maintain and enhance the Richland Two Lead, Learn and Serve Program’s online community of staff and student leaders.
  
• Recruit and serve as peer mentors and role models for other students who seek to become part of the Richland Two Youth Action Council.