A Legacy of Leadership 
Our vision of the Jesse Lee Home 

Toddlers ride piggyback on older students of the Jesse Lee Home, ca. 1946-1955. Photo courtesy of the Seward Community Library Association.

Have leadership schools been tried elsewhere?

Nationally, almost every state has a high school program that provides an outstanding public education to high school students of diverse and traditionally underserved economic and ethnic backgrounds. Upon graduation, the students are technologically fluent, self-motivated and committed to lifelong learning.

These children foster relationships with their peers and maintain these connections forever. They grow up to be leaders in their communities, able to address complex issues capably and emphathetically across the traditional divides of race, gender and class.

A leadership school is a critical component of the education ensuring a secure future for our state.

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