June 16, 2009

The Collegiate Connection
Our Mission
We prepare students for advanced education, successful careers and responsible citizenship through a commitment to academic excellence and humanitarian ideals.




TCS Students Honored for Helping Others
Topeka Collegiate middle school students are the 2009 Volunteers of the Year! Middle school students were honored today, in the 17 Years and Younger category, for their year-long, twice-a-month volunteer service to Let's Help at the By the People For the People Volunteer Awards Luncheon sponsored by United Way. Student Council President Maria Kingfisher (center right) and Vice President Irene Nicolae (center left) accepted the honor on behalf of their fellow students, along with Assistant Head of School Carl Tillona.


In nominating the students for this honor, Let's Help's Karen Taylor (left) said, "It was refreshing to have young minds volunteer. They were continually coming up with new ways to make the process faster, easier, and more efficient...We all believed this would be a 'win-win' situation and our beliefs were confirmed. The students have shared their Let's Help experiences with others at school, at home with their parents and siblings, their neighbors, and many others. When the volunteers are our young citizens we know we have opened a new door for them to participate in helping those less fortunate."

As part of their volunteer work, students collected and distributed holiday gifts at Let's Help, assembled books, sorted cans of food and addressed envelopes, among other things.

We are very proud of our sixth, seventh and eighth graders for demonstrating their commitment to humanitarian ideals, one of the cornerstones of our school's mission. Fostering the habit of community service is one way Topeka Collegiate is equipping the next generation of leaders with skills for life.

See our middle school students named Volunteers of the Year tonight on KTKA-Channel 49's News at 6.