Students In Action is a national youth volunteer leadership, recognition and reward program, designed to pass the tradition of service on to the next generation. Co-developed by Jefferson Awards for Public Service and Deloitte, it is now in over 250 High Schools. Each spring, Student Leaders from the participating schools compete in regional competitions. They are asked to report on the implementation of the program, and the impact they've had, both in their schools and within their communities.

1. DOVER HIGH SCHOOL
Jefferson Awards
Students in Action

2. Our Team
 Ciara Wilkerson 12th
 Tasheeka Stroud 12th
 Ivy Viray 12th
 Keyla Andrews 12th
 Ja’Kim Cohen 12th
 Fantasia May 12th
 Chidinma Eminike 11th
 Justin Alexander 11th
 Shay Foreman 10th
 Tierra Evans 12th

3. Engaging Our School
 Avid about receiving support from our Principal,
Mr. Montano
 Our faculty coordinators were involved in every
aspect of our goals and objectives.
 Largely we wanted to involve the student body by
building awareness and excitement about the
Jefferson Awards.
 Dover High School does not have a service
requirement and so hours are tracked by using
numerous volunteer organizations that are housed
within our student body.

4. One Team, BIG Dreams
 Our vision for the school
and community:
– Create a growing
interest in the
prestigious award
– Encourage service
– Continue the success
of our program after
our seven seniors have
graduated

5. Expanding Volunteer Capacity
Winners Recognized!
 Live televised morning
announcements presenting
them with a Jefferson
Awards pin and certificate.
 Picture and citation on our
bulletin board in the main
office hallway
 Press releases and district
website
 Awardees: Joshua
Guessford, Katie Davison,
Celsi Illiano, and our most
recent winner for March,
Josh Stein.

6. Making the Money
 We chose the Auntie Anne’s fundraiser
which has been successful in our school in the past
 A good way to involve people in the Jefferson
Awards program and make them aware of how the
proceeds will be used towards field trips, increasing
our account, etc.
 Fashion Show
 Sock Hop for Haiti

7. Telling the Story
 Engaged our student body
and community in the
Jefferson Awards program
and publicly awarded our
recipients,
 Multiple visual displays
throughout the halls of our
school
 As a team we have created
display cases to compliment
the program as well as our
district website.
 Jefferson Awards HYPE!!
 Our winners had press
releases sent out to WBOC,
The News Journal, and our
district website

8. Growth and Expansion
 We plan on partnering with
Salesianum School to
collaborate and help make
strong ties
– Mrs. Ballintyn, Jefferson
Awards advisor to
Salesianum
 Actively Recruiting McKean
High School through Katie
Kravitz, CIS Prog. Director
– Established a connection at
a mentoring summit and
contacted Ms. Kravitz to
add them to the Delaware
Jefferson Awards schools

9. Innovative Improvements
 We have made many exciting improvements from
last year.
– The size of our student leader team: 3 to 11
– Nomination and awarding process
– We require resumes with documented hours and span
over more diverse types of service.
– Tracking hours: A New and Improved System = U-Give!
– Larger interest in the school.
– New Partners! Communities in School, Interact and the
Colonial Rotary club, and the National Honor Society to
reach out to more prospective students who are
interested in Jefferson Awards and what it entails.

10. Success!
 1460 students
 2356.65 hours
 1.61 hours per student
$47,772.16
Giving back to the
community!