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\u201cIt\u2019s extremely important for the kids to learn to do everything they had to do to set this up,\u201d Hardy said. \u201cThrough this program, they are learning to not just communicate with their peers but also to talk on the phone with people they have never met before and fully plan a two-hour-long project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The students do not always start the year knowing each other, and their strengths greatly varied this year. Brown said that initially made it difficult to become a solid group, but it ended up being a good thing, as it gave each individual strength a chance to shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is always great to watch our students go from unsure of themselves and the program to becoming great leaders planning and hosting an entire day of activities,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe had theatre students who used their stage voices to read out Bingo numbers so everyone could understand what was being said. We had agriculture students who were able to help the residents pick out plants that were suited to their environment and created cards that showed residents how to care for them. We had other students who were very artistic and could create signs and help decorate the day, and we had other leaders who were just great conversationalists who could sit and talk with the residents and get to know them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, the leadership program has been sponsored by Chick-Fil-A in Tullahoma, but Manchester will soon get its own Chick-Fil-A location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are pretty sure that that restaurant will be sponsoring this program next year,\u201d Hardy said. \u201cWe are very hopeful that this will continue once that new restaurant starts because it has been great for our kids.\u201dGN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GIVING BACK to the community is a huge part of the Chick-Fil-A Leader Academy at Coffee County Central High School, and the 23 students that were involved this year stepped up to the plate by hosting a plant potting and bingo night at Parkview Senior Living in Tullahoma. Sponsor Megan Hardy said the activity was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":20496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n