On their last weekend of summer, The King’s Academy’s Prefect Council headed to Lake Placid, Florida for the council’s annual leadership retreat.  The retreat included leadership training, school event planning, and recreation.  The group particularly enjoyed boating and tubing on Lake Placid and bonding with their fellow prefects.

TKA’s Prefect Council is composed of twelve student leaders who have been selected to lead and serve the high school student body.  Prefects must be seniors who have demonstrated leadership and possess a high degree of commitment to The King’s Academy’s values and ideals.  This year’s prefects include:

• Matthew Ahkee and Anastassia Goidina, Academic Prefects, who will oversee King’s peer tutoring program of juniors and seniors assisting other students and will support TKA’s guidance office;
• Andrew Albert and Christina Silva, Athletic Prefects, who will organize a dodge ball tournament for high school students and will provide support for King’s athletic department;
• Matt Michlowitz and Brianna Easterling, Service Prefects, who will organize school-wide community service projects;
• Jon Gryskiewicz and Jessica Perry, Spiritual Life Prefects, who will lead a Bible study that meets before school and will organize TKA’s “See You At The Pole” prayer event;
• Todd Lowen and Emerald Orbeta, Student Life Prefects, who will assist with two junior high events (JH Bash and Triple Play) and will promote the high school’s events such as the Rock the Universe trip; and
• Colin Aliapoulios and Julie Tarno, Unity Prefects, who will support TKA’s fine arts department and will plan the senior class’ ministry opportunity in Italy on their class trip to Europe.

The 2010-11 school year will be a busy one for these select seniors as the Prefect Council serves at school events such as TKA’s Secondary Parent Orientation Night, Graduation Reception, and the President’s Luncheon. They will also travel to area elementary and middle schools to represent King’s and will serve as monthly ambassadors for the Impact Leadership Network, a group for Christian business professionals in South Florida.  Finally, the students have been invited to serve at the “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect” conference featuring Dr. John C. Maxwell.

The King’s Academy is a nationally recognized private Christian school serving approximately 1,200 students from preschool through twelfth grade and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Association of Christian Schools International, and the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. The King’s Academy serves students and their families across Palm Beach and Hendry Counties at its main campus at Belvedere Road and Sansbury’s Way in West Palm Beach, its Clewiston campus on Caribbean Avenue, and its satellite preschool campuses in Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens, and Royal Palm Beach.  More information about The King’s Academy is available online at www.TKA.net.