Northeast Leaders School is a teen leadership and character development program for teens in the YMC
YMCA Northeast Leaders School is a five day long program that includes curriculum in three main areas of interest: Recreation and Child Care, Leadership - Service - Advocacy, Creative Expression. All teens will also participate in our values program, which will help them develop and clarify their own personal belief system. Each night there is a themed evening activity that will help teens grow cl
03/09/2026
Winter Rally 2026 was a great weekend of Fun, Learning, and Overcoming FEAR! Take a look at some memories!
https://youtu.be/NLKDBOkQH4E
Spring Rally is April 10-12 at YMCA Camp Jewell! Reach out to Larry Harding, [email protected] with Questions! Registration is due March 25th!
2026 Winter Rally Enjoy some memories from the 2026 Winter Rally at the Y Watson Woods!
Some great news before Winter rally this weekend! Local headlines, weather updates and more leadership updates coming your way!
Guess who’s back to help you prep for winter rally? Stay tuned for more winter rally prep!
08/14/2025
This Leaders School, one of our Creative Expression Cores, gave leaders the opportunity to write, shoot, edit, and star in a film to be screened during our school closing. Our management team was so impressed, we wanted to share it with our community.
For your viewing pleasure, The Hunt for the Beadkeeper.
08/05/2025
The passing of the torch is an important Leaders moment marking the symbolic handoff of traditions, energy, and responsibilities of our senior leaders to our younger leaders.
Here are this past Leaders School torch recipients and their torchbearers. Congrats!
07/28/2025
Relive some of the best moments of this summer with our slideshow. From iron leader, to morning motivation, to all of our fantastic cores. Our NELS 2025 slideshow has it all here:
https://youtu.be/S_pPD5yTSmA
07/23/2025
Our NELS 2025 Picture and Photo gallery is live via the link in our bio. Relive some of the great memories of the week, show your friends, and get excited for our upcoming events with these great snapshots of our week together
07/21/2025
We are going to be releasing a lot more photos, videos, and content from this Leaders School over the next two weeks. We wanted to highlight the amazing puzzle piece project, led by one of our management team, focusing on teens and staff writing about moments that would connect them to others. Here are some of our favorites!
07/18/2025
It’s a beautiful morning here on our last day of NELS! The teens are enjoying a lovely sunrise on the last day of NELS
07/17/2025
Iron leader has started! Teens are in the pool, coaches are practicing cheering and we are underway for our last full day of NELS!
07/16/2025
Chilling on the quad at Springfield College. Best way to take in tie-dye at leaders school