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Ellis Students Attend Leadership Conference at Wesleyan University The CAS (Connecticut Association of Schools) sponsors a Leadership Conference each year that involves workshops and presentations for high school students to improve their leadership skills. A group of students from Elis Tech were able to attend this weekend conference. Among the presenters were Keith Hawkins, the Keynote Speaker, who made an inspirational speech about making positive changes in the student’s home lives, school lives, and ultimately the world. His words and manner of speech were motivating and students were able to connect with him on many levels. The students also brought children’s books with them to the conference and spent part of the morning working with elementary age children. They talked with the younger students, read books to them, and then gave the books as gifts for the children to take the books home. On Friday night all of the students went to a dance and had time to interact and meet students from other schools throughout Connecticut. On Saturday morning, the conference continued with John Boiano from Pulse Integration who connected with the students through music and instruments. A diversity panel followed, in which students spoke about their experiences coming from another country and the audience was able to ask questions and learn from them. Overall the Leadership Conference was educational and fun! We look forward to attending the conference next year!
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