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Bishop T.K. Gorman Catholic School

Ambassador Program

The Ambassador Program is designed to provide an opportunity for students to participate throughout the community in various service, public relations, and networking activities on behalf of the Tyler Catholic School System.

Applications for the program will be included in the 2006-2007 registration packets as well as on the Gorman web site, attached to this article.

• Application deadline: February 25, 2008
• 2006-2007 Ambassador announcement: March 24, 2008
• The program will be open to all high school students grades 9-12
  
  

A brief overview of the program

Mission:

• Ambassadors will represent Gorman in three areas of service: school, local church, and wider community.
• Ambassadors will use their God-given talents by putting forth their best efforts as Christian leaders in a secular society, thus building character and self-discipline.
• Ambassadors will foster community relationships through their chosen service.

Terms:

• Fill out and return on time the application and two reference questionnaire
• Attend required training session prior to Ambassador service opportunities (Ambassador status will only be recognized after completion of initial training)
• Observe at least one church, school, or community function per school year (Ambassador will bring back a program/itinerary from this function)
• Commit to at least three community service events (Ambassador will report to the designated event liaison for attendance)
• Wardrobe requirements:

• Demonstrate a respect for the school’s mission and policies
• Have a desire to serve the community
• Maintain a minimum grade average of 80

Benefits:

• Develop student’s public speaking, leadership, organizational, and writing skills
• Broaden professional contact opportunities through networking and public relationships
• Share your God-given gifts with the greater community as you learn to apply the lessons of the social gospel

We hope you will prayerfully consider becoming a Gorman Ambassador and allow God to use you as His instrument in this worthwhile endeavor.

Jeff Klein is a 16-year-old high school student from Tyler, Texas, but over the next 20 minutes in Siiri Scott's summer acting class he's going to try to become Konstantin, the soul-lost playwright in Anton Chekov's The Seagull.

Klein's job this early July morning is to convince Scott and 20 of his peers that his feelings for his errant teenage sweetheart are so powerful that he's ready to shoot himself if she doesn't return to him. So he begins: "Nina. I cursed you. I hated you." Read the full article at Notre Dame Magazine

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