The Student Leadership Program is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for high school students. Students in SLP will have the opportunity to learn more about their community including career opportunities at major businesses and learn important work-ready power skills to earn their dream job and be successful on the job. Students will find the information on this page helpful in understanding what to expect. They will also find resources they can use to be successful in their leadership journey.

SLP Events

Ignite

Ignite

Ignite is the orientation and induction event for newly admitted SLP students. Students are officially inducted into SLP and participate in workshops focusing on team building, assessing personal career interests’ fundamentals of leadership. Students also learn about leadership through service by participating in a community service project in Savannah.

Kickoff

Kickoff

Kickoff officially begins the new year of SLP each fall. Kickoff includes a motivational speaker as well as high-energy and interactive workshops and exercises focusing on career exploratory and leadership development growth.

Discovery

Discovery

Students participate in four Discovery events throughout the school year. At Discovery, students participate in career and industry tours, interactive simulation exercises and hands-on workshops focusing on specific work-ready power skills.

Year-End Celebration

Year-End Celebration

The SLP Year-End Celebration is the official conclusion of the SLP year that includes a keynote speaker, adviser and student awards recognition and SLP Graduation Ceremony for SLP seniors.

SLP Serves

SLP Serves

SLP Serves is a volunteer and community service day held in the summer where students and advisers work with nonprofit organizations to learn about community issues and volunteer to make their community a better place.

Sophomore College and Career Summer Experience

College and Career Summer Experience

This overnight experience trip for rising junior students will expose SLP students to college and industry tours to learn about career and educational opportunities within Georgia.

Junior Citizenship and Leadership Experience

Citizenship and Leadership Experience

This multiday experience trip for rising seniors will visit and explore Washington DC to see and learn about the history of the United States, but also be exposed to and learn about leadership within the country.

The Student Leadership Program is hosted in partnership between the Gulfstream, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools and businesses and non-profit organizations in Chatham County. After Discovery Learning Experiences, three years of Power Skills will allow you to Discover Your Future.

SLP Student Commitment

The Student Leadership Program (SLP) is a partnership between Gulfstream and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools aimed to expose students to career opportunities in Chatham County and develop students’ personal leadership and work-ready skills. Being selected to be in SLP is an honor and privilege. Students admitted to the program will remain in the program throughout their sophomore, junior and senior year of high school as long as they meet the SLP Commitment Requirements. Failure to meet these requirements may result in removal from the program. Students in the program must commit to the following:

Being present is critical for students to be engaged and learn through the experiences offered in SLP.  Students in the program can miss no more than two events per year.  If a student misses more than two events in a year, they will be dismissed from the program.

Since SLP takes place during the school day, it is important for SLP students to maintain good grades since they will miss instruction time to attend SLP.  Students who have a grade in any class that is lower than a C for more than two nine-week periods will be dismissed from the program.

SLP is a leadership program to promote and demonstrate positive leadership actions.  As a member of SLP, students should abide by the school code of conduct.  If the student violates any portion of the code of conduct, it will be up to their principal whether they can continue in SLP.

At all SLP events, engagement and participation are important to personal growth. At SLP students are expected to be respectful to others in paying attention during tours, workshops and assemblies, not using their cellphone and/or earbuds and headphones.

Community service is a major part of leadership and understanding the community. Students must participate in at least one SLP Serves to complete and graduate from the program.

The learning that takes place in SLP is not limited to the sessions that take place during the school year.  Students are required to participate in at least one of the Summer Experience Trips during their time in the program but are not limited to only participating in one.  They will be required to attend the trip with their class.

SLP Advisers

Sophomore Advisers

  • Lasaundra Wade
    Teacher Adviser
  • Morgan Ferguson
    Community Adviser
  • Hunter Morris
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Khalilah Watson
    Teacher Adviser
  • Kim Bachman
    Community Adviser
  • Carlene Bridges
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • Beverly Lawton
    Teacher Adviser
  • Kirby McCoy
    Community Adviser
  • Brian Dawsey 
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Charles Johnson
    Teacher Adviser
  • Shed Dawson
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Gina Smith
    Teacher Adviser
  • Liz Giddens
    Community Adviser
  • Tiffany Moore
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • Kay Strickland
    Teacher Adviser
  • Bettina Tate
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Townley Smith
    Teacher Adviser
  • Marshall tuck
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Vanna Cuthbertson
    Teacher Adviser
  • Cathy Manning
    Community Adviser
  • Monica Daughtery
    Community Adviser
  • Michelle Hetager
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • Stacey Bragg
    Teacher Adviser
  • Vickie Callaway
    Community Adviser
  • Debbie Fischer
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Todd Perkins
    Teacher Adviser
  • Daniel Scott
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Nichole Baker
    Teacher Adviser
  • Al Wright
    Community Adviser
  • Lisa Yannett
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • Marilyn Police
    Teacher Adviser
  • Nicholas Gray
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Tracy Richardson
    Teacher Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Daisymae Washington
    Teacher Adviser
  • Michael Henderson
    Community Adviser
  • Leandrea Mikell
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • Cynthia Mikell
    Teacher Adviser
  • Jayne Chaplin
    Community Adviser
  • Charlotte Perkins
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Paris Viens
    Teacher Adviser
  • Ashely Dubois
    Community Adviser
  • Marina Warren
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Rachel Wipper
    Teacher Adviser
  • Danise Sarrazin
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • Cheryl Polite
    Teacher Adviser
  • Jamila Jackson
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Ben Parker
    Teacher Adviser
  • Althea Cummings
    Community Adviser
  • Kristina Giles
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Jeff Fortson
    Teacher Adviser
  • Carolyn Scott
    Community Adviser
  • Blake Willis
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • Dane Williams
    Teacher Adviser
  • Gail Terrell
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Dreidre Jackson
    Teacher Adviser
  • Cecilia Arango
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Robert Jordan
    Teacher Adviser
  • Alexis Burkes
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Amanda Westerfield
    Teacher Adviser
  • Ralph Dorsainvil
    Community Adviser
  • Deborah Burnett
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Rhonda Roberts
    Teacher Adviser
  • Marini Jackson
    Community Adviser
  • Phillip Scroggin
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • Antoinete Kavoori
    Teacher Adviser
  • Roshawn Johnson
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Latoya Muray
    Teacher Adviser
  • Chris Bridges
    Community Adviser
  • Charles Daw Jr.
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • George Johnson
    Teacher Adviser
  • David Lewis
    Community Adviser
  • Sajani Patel
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • Candace Vamvakaris
    Teacher Adviser
  • Carla Finklin
    Community Adviser
  • Donna Jones
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Gustavo Tovar
    Teacher Adviser
  • Ursula Phillips
    Community Adviser
  • William Schriefer
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Michele Hooker
    Teacher Adviser
  • Corine Ackerson-Jones
    Community Adviser
  • Kathleen Burkes
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • John Callanan
    Teacher Adviser
  • Tracy McCoy
    Community Adviser

Sophomore Advisers

  • Keisha Davis
    Teacher Adviser
  • Con Reynolds
    Community Adviser
  • Weston Beck
    Community Adviser
  • Norman B. Whipple
    Community Adviser

Junior Advisers

  • Amy Rotker
    Teacher Adviser
  • Brian Judson
    Community Adviser
  • Angie Pagan
    Community Adviser
  • Norman Whipple
    Community Adviser
  • Ashleigh Seymour-Womack
    Community Adviser

Senior Advisers

  • Kathryn Ryan
    Teacher Adviser
  • Kay Fish
    Community Adviser