Welcome guidance counselors, teachers, principles, and headmasters. The Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foundation is excited to have a student from your high school attend our free conference.

This section of the website is here to help you learn about the organization and the conference, and to assist you in the student nomination process.

Please use the navigation to the left to find any information you may seek. If it is not there, please contact Bryan DiMare, our Director of Recruitment.

The MassSTAR Citizenship Conference has proven to be a memorable and motivating experience for thousands of high school sophomores. The Mass Youth Leadership Foundation has sponsored similar programs over the last 25 years. Help us to acknowledge and foster the potential in one of your student leaders. Let us work with him or her for three days during our MassSTAR Citizenship Conference, and we will send them back to you energized and confident in their ability to make a difference.

What do you see in the future of the students you teach?
Do you see the potential, the value, and the ability to make a difference?
Do you see the power and desire to create a world that we can all be proud of?

Massachusetts high schools select an outstanding sophomore to attend The MassSTAR Citizenship Conference. The selection process is very simple and can be easily delegated. All sophomores are eligible, and we encourage any of them to apply. The downloadable information packet contains all you need to seek out, recognize, and help to develop leadership skills in your student body.

The 2012 Citizenship Conference will be held Friday, June 8, 2012 - Sunday, June 10, 2012 at Lasell College in Newton, MA. Please submit the completed Nomination Form online. As always, the conference is free to all attending students, their parents, and their schools.

If your school has participated in the past, we thank you for contributing to your students' leadership growth. If you were not one of those who took advantage of this "celebration of learning" opportunity last year, we encourage you to do so in 2012.