Whether you have heard announcements or seen special playing cards around the building, you have probably heard the title of “Super Leaders’  being tossed around St. Charles High School. The question is: what exactly are Super Leaders? Some may think that it is a club offered at St. Charles High, but it’s a little bit more detailed than that. 

Local elementary schools, Null and Blackhurst, started the special program known as “Super Leaders”. This program has students from St. Charles High take field trips to either Null or Blackhurst Elementary to mentor younger students on the seven healthy habits. These habits are known as being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, putting first things first, think-win-win, seek first to understand, then to be understood, synergize, and to sharpen the saw. To be selected into the Super Leader program, students must be sought out by their coaches or directors within the extracurricular activities they participate in. These students must show strong leadership in order to be selected for the program. 

“Coaches or directors usually look for somebody who is a good role model, someone that is trustworthy and has good character traits obviously since they are around younger kids,” Activities Director Ben Owens said.

There are 14 boys and 14 girls that are in Super Leaders this year that travel to either Null or Blackhurst Elementary seven times throughout the school year. Leaders are all assigned one specific healthy habit out of the seven to represent. While at the schools, these leaders teach Elementary students about their healthy habits, have lunch with the students, and join the kids at recess. The Super Leaders value the time they spend with their younger peers.