Selwyn Times: August 12, 2020
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SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Wednesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2020</strong> 5<br />
News<br />
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male participation in leadership<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
YOUNG MEN in the district<br />
will get the chance to meet<br />
double-amputee mountaineer<br />
Mark Inglis in a bid to improve<br />
their confidence.<br />
The Building Awesome Young<br />
Men initiative was started by<br />
Lincoln High School and offers<br />
a series of events throughout the<br />
year which young men can take<br />
part in.<br />
Other schools across the district<br />
are participating, which includes<br />
Lincoln Primary, Ararira<br />
Springs, Prebbleton, Ladbrooks<br />
and Springston schools.<br />
One of the events planned for<br />
the initiative is the Big Breakfast<br />
with Mark Inglis on <strong>August</strong> 17.<br />
It is a chance for young men<br />
and their families to have a<br />
cooked breakfast and listen to<br />
guest Inglis, the only double<br />
amputee to climb Everest, talk<br />
about his life.<br />
Teacher Kerri Loughhead said<br />
they came up with the idea by<br />
basing it off something similar<br />
being done at a school in the<br />
North Island.<br />
“Kylie Horgan and I went and<br />
LEADERSHIP: Lincoln High School deputy head student<br />
Ben Hooper and teacher Kerri Loughhead launching the<br />
Building Awesome Young Men initiative last week. <br />
met with Rangiora High School<br />
about their leadership structure.<br />
We bounced ideas about how we<br />
can get more males involved.<br />
“We were told there is a school<br />
up north who is doing something<br />
similar to this initiative so<br />
we went and designed it to how<br />
we thought it would work best<br />
for our students.”<br />
Loughhead said they are seeing<br />
a decline in male participation<br />
in leadership roles at the<br />
school.<br />
“They are still wanting to be<br />
leaders but it depends where<br />
they are leaders. We still have<br />
students who aren’t necessarily<br />
interested in the positions we<br />
want to see them putting their<br />
hand up for.<br />
“They are still leaders in their<br />
own sports and things like that<br />
but we are just trying to show<br />
them they can be confident<br />
doing that within our school<br />
environment as well.”<br />
She said they are struggling to<br />
get as many year 7 and 8 students<br />
involved as they would like and<br />
encourage anyone who would like<br />
to participate to come forward.<br />
A range of other events are<br />
planned this year under the<br />
initiative including the Dress for<br />
Success event.<br />
Two young men will win a<br />
day with comedian Leigh Hart<br />
where they will be fitted into a<br />
suit sponsored by Sergios, then<br />
visit Shaka Bros for some lunch<br />
and then to Benny’s Barber shop<br />
where the owner, Ben Scott, will<br />
give them tips and tricks on how<br />
to present themselves.<br />
Deputy head student Ben<br />
Hooper said: “The building awesome<br />
young men campaign has<br />
been introduced to bring more<br />
opportunities and leadership<br />
experiences to the young men in<br />
our community.”<br />
He said they are grateful to<br />
have support from The Laboratory,<br />
CrossFit <strong>Selwyn</strong>, Benny’s<br />
Barber Shop, The HIIT Squad,<br />
Learn to Surf, O-Studio, Lincoln<br />
New World, Lincoln Motels,<br />
Sergio’s, Triumph & Disaster,<br />
Christchurch Adventure Park,<br />
Phoric and Bacon Brothers.<br />
• To find out more contact<br />
Kerri Loughhead on klo@<br />
lincoln.school.nz or visit the<br />
Building Awesome Young Men<br />
Facebook page.
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