School Life

Summer Institute on Leadership & Public Service

The Summer Institute on Leadership and Public Service is committed to teaching high school students that, through public service and civic responsibility, they can forge relationships and discover avenues to initiate change within their communities. The Summer Institute on Leadership and Public Service includes a diverse group of students from the Richmond metropolitan area who, through exposure to a variety of issues currently facing their community, will come to understand ethical leadership through service.

About the Summer Institute on Leadership and Public Service
The Summer Institute on Leadership and Public Service is a three-week program dedicated to teaching leadership skills through a number of classroom and hands-on settings, including a leadership curriculum, internships, and problem-solving exercises, all the while focusing on a specific theme especially relevant to the greater Richmond community.

The Summer Institute for 2020 will continue its focus on Social Justice. The Institute will partner with various non-profit, for-profit, and government organizations in the Richmond metropolitan area.

Summer 2020
The Summer Institute on Leadership and Public Service will take place on the campus of St. Christopher’s School. The institute will take place in late June. Each student who successfully completes the program will receive a stipend.

How to Apply

Interest Forms for the program are available to rising high school seniors (entering their senior year in the Fall of 2020) in mid-March.
Prospective students for the program should submit completed Interest Forms no later than April 15, 2020.
An Open House will be held in the spring. More information will be sent once the Interest Form is submitted.
Interviews will be conducted during the required Open House.
Students will be notified of acceptance by May 15.

For more information contact Christie Wilson, Director of the Summer Institute, at 804-282-3185 or by email at wilsonc@stcva.org

Contact Us

List of 4 members.

Christine "Christie" Wilson

Director of Middle School Student Life, Teacher of Mathematics, Dir. of Sat. Academy & Summer Instit

(804) 282-3185 x2626

Randolph Macon College - BA
Johns Hopkins University - MS

wilsonc@stcva.org
Jen O'Ferrall

Lower School Academic Support Services, Summer Institute on Leadership & Public Service

(804) 282-3185 x2654

Radford University - BS
Virginia Commonwealth University - MEd
Virginia Commonwealth University - EdS
University of Richmond - Post Master's Certificate Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

oferrallj@stcva.org
Jonathan "Jon" Piper

Middle School Teacher of History, Coach, and Summer Institute on Leadership & Public Service

(804) 282-3185 x3616

Virginia Commonwealth University - BA

piperj@stcva.org
Kyle Burnette

Middle School Teacher of Health and Science, and Coach

(804) 282-3185 x3610

Radford University - BS

burnettek@stcva.org