Year 9 student, Madeleine ConsolinoBouzaid, from Henry Kendall High School, has been nominated for a Youth Frontiers State Award in the Mental Health Section.
Youth Frontiers is an electorate based program that targets Years 8 and 9 students with the capacity to benefi t from youth mentoring that focuses on leadership and civic engagement. Every year, more than 1,200 young people will have the opportunity to participate in the program. Young people participating in Youth Frontiers will receive a minimum of 30 hours mentoring, including at least 10 hours of one-on-one mentoring. The program will give mentees an opportunity to build life skills and selfconfi dence by working collaboratively with their mentors and stakeholders to undertake a community project that makes a positive difference in their local community.
Newsletter, Oct 21, 2016 Donna James, Henry Kendall High School