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Madison Brown


Germantown has a myriad of clubs and organizations for its students to be a part of, from Habitat for Humanity to Key Club. A newer club is the Chick-fil-A Leadership Academy, and no it’s not just about getting free chicken sandwiches.

“It is an organizational group on campus to encourage students to get involved, to make a difference, to become active in their community,” stated 10th grade English teacher Christy Reasons.

Mrs. Reasons also gave an overall belief of the organization.

“It’s founded on the belief that you don’t have to be an adult to make an impact on people,” explained Reasons.

Only about 30 or so students are accepted into the organization, with most students coming in through teacher recommendations.

“I joined because Mrs. Reasons asked me, but I also joined because I saw it as an opportunity to get more involved,” stated new 12th grade member Mauri’ Pickney.

As a newcomer, Pickney further explained what she wanted to gain from the club.

“Coming into [this] organization, I wanted to learn how to be a leader, and how to guide others to become leaders as well,” Pickney went on.

The organization has a plethora of project that students embark upon to do something meaningful in their community.

“Last year we went on a field trip to Southwind where we bagged a lot of food for the homeless,” commented 11th grade returning member Haneen Ahmad.

One of the most prominent of these projects in the organization is the Impact Project.

“There’s the Impact Project where every member is supposed to bring 10 friends into the group to help a cause,” explained Ahmad.

Pickney also made a note of the effort of the Impact Project.

“It makes the group very diverse, everyone from everywhere joins, everyone has different ideas, a little piece of everyone goes into the projects,” noted Pickney.

The Chick-fil-A Leadership Academy really does exist to act as a catalyst for students to begin working in the real world
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“It’ll help them with job interviews, college interviews, learning networking skills, learning how to present themselves confidently to the world,” said Reasons.

Ahmad further added to that thought.

“Really, it’s called the Chick-fil-A Leadership Academy, and that’s not just a name. They really do teach you how to be a leader,” added Ahmad.

And, of course, leadership is not the only benefit.

“We get a lot of free Chick-fil-A, so that’s a bonus,” expressed Ahmad.

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