The mentors were highly impressed with the insight, ability, motivation and determination of the JROTC cadets and students. The students were divided into 15 small groups. They were able to discuss leadership and character development with 3 different mentors. At the end of the seminar, and while eating lunch, the mentors assisted students to prepare a public presentation. Each group made a presentation to the audience to declare what they had learned during the seminar.

Seventeen mentors participated in the seminar from the following professional areas:

The Emerson High School Administration continues to expose the students to community leaders and professionals. One of our goals, is for is these mentors to continue to be role models and contribute to the development of our students' leadership and character. In addition, we hope to build leadership capacity by reaching out to existing professionals who take part in our school-wide Career Day Initiative, as well as employers who work with our Career to Business Education students, with hopes of including them in future leadership seminars. An ultimate goal, will be for our student leaders to follow in their mentors' foot steps and give back to their community by participating as mentors themselves.