Thirty-eight members of Hamburg Area’s Leadership In Student Athletes (LISA) group traveled to Tilden Elementary Center to advocate for being a person of quality character on Tuesday, Oct. 21. This is the eighth consecutive year student-athletes from Hamburg Area High School conducted an assembly for elementary students in the District.
The assembly focuses on the Six Pillars of Character as defined by the Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics. Those pillars are Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. During the assembly, members provided the audience with presentations relating to each pillar. Speakers this year were Hunter Epting (Responsibility), Tyler Herber (Respect), Maxwell Kline (Trustworthiness), Dustin Snyder (Fairness), Brooke Buckley (Caring), and Victoria Kissinger (Citizenship).
Elementary students were asked to commit to being a person of quality character. In addition, elementary students attaching a grade-level appropriate paragraph relating to what they learned from the presentations were provided free tickets for their family to attend a winter varsity sporting event.
LISA meets on a monthly basis throughout the school year to discuss varying topics related to character and ethics. The group, sponsored and resourced by The Outten Family Dealerships, will be collecting non-perishable food items at the following varsity events: boys’ basketball Dec. 9, wrestling Dec. 10 and girls’ basketball Dec. 12. Spectators donating three or more items are admitted free. Also, LISA will return to Tilden Elementary and Perry Elementary the first week of March to celebrate Read Across America Day. Participants will advocate the value of literacy, as well as take the time to read with the Kindergarten thru 2nd grade students.