PJMS: Junior Orange Leadership

Congrats to PJMS Junior Orange Leadership Representatives Ella Sandberg, Adalena Volpe, & Jackson Mills. We are proud of you! Congrats to these awesome students and their families! #GoPORT!

Junior Leadership Orange Program
The Junior Leadership Orange program is a collaboration between the Orange County Youth Bureau and Leadership Orange for eighth-grade students who attend school in Orange County. Students are identified as up-and-coming youth leaders in the seventh grade and formal training begins in the eighth grade. This youth empowerment program is designed to provide leadership skills, life skills, career exposure, and preparedness to youth who will potentially become the business and community leaders of the future. JLO (Junior Leadership Orange) effectively engages youth by challenging them to develop skills, gain critical awareness, and act as community advocates.

The JLO Experience
The Junior Leadership Orange program serves up to thirty-eight youth from sixteen different school districts in Orange County and operates during the academic school year. Students meet once a month on a school day and visit various locations in the county to attend interactive educational presentations. They meet with instructors and facilitators from a variety of sectors in leadership positions across Orange County and receive training in several areas, including leadership, education, and college readiness, the justice system, public speaking and communication, volunteerism, diversity, fiscal literacy, and quality of life.