Leaders for Hope
A peer leadership program for high school students
The Leaders for Hope program takes your Montgomery County and Conroe Independent School District high school student-leadership talent on a journey that creates a culture-changing skillset in your high school’s organizations, teams, and clubs.
GCS is committed to empowering peer leaders in high schools by transforming their leadership talents into skills through expert training. By becoming a Leader for Hope, your student or athlete will collaborate with like-minded peers to define “leadership,” develop invaluable listening skills, and learn how to help a friend who is struggling with mental health or substance use challenges.
To the high school students reading this page, you are considering applying to this for very good reasons. You are the type of peer, the type of leader, that wants grow and help a friend in need. Apply to this program, and give yourself the opportunity to…
Learn how to listen to understand
Notice and call out your peer’s strengths
Save a life of a peer in need
Implement a leadership strategy in your organization, team, or club
Bolster your resume and college applications with certificates as an official Leader for Hope and a Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper
Details
How to become a Leader for Hope
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CISD or Montgomery County students who are a part of an organization, team, or club apply to become a Leader Joined for Hope.
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Selected students participate in engaging workshops where they learn how to listen, support, and influence. Leaders who complete all workshops receive a Question, Persuade, and Refer Suicide Prevention certificate valid through one year and a Leaders Joined for Hope Certificate valid for a lifetime!
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Leaders for Hope present to their coaches or school staff and the Cassidy Joined for Hope Board on how they will implement their skillset and training in a collaborative conclusion of our workshops.
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Leaders for Hope are sent out into their organizations, communities, and schools as a difference that makes a difference!
“I am because we are, because we are I am.”— Ubuntu (African Proverb)
Apply today by filling out the form below
Parents or Guardians, please complete this form with your student or athlete. Guyton Counseling Services will process each application and get back to you and your student or athlete with group availability and/or further information about next steps (i.e. the interview process, finding the appropriate timing/group availability to become a Leader for Hope, etc.).
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