Center for Leadership
Find your voice. Make a difference.
St. Luke’s mission is an exceptional education that inspires a deep love of learning, a strong moral compass, the commitment to serve and the confidence to lead. St. Luke's Center for Leadership (CFL) advances our mission by helping students develop exceptional leadership ability.
The CFL helps students build skills that open the door to authentic leadership: effective speaking and listening, social and emotional agility, creative problem-solving and collaboration.
Starting in fifth-grade, children begin to learn and practice what it means to be ethical and empathetic leaders. Year by year, through signature leadership experiences, their confidence to lead grows.
The CFL helps students build skills that open the door to authentic leadership: effective speaking and listening, social and emotional agility, creative problem-solving and collaboration.
A Distinct Approach to Leadership
The CFL develops this ability through four leadership lenses: Design Mindset, Inclusive Ethos, Global Perspective, and Service Orientation.
Design Mindset
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Creative problem solving
How can I be creative?
Inclusive Ethos
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Essential Value of Diversity
Who do I need around me?
Global Perspective
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Context in the world
Who will I affect with my actions?
Service Orientation
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Improving Communities
How can I make this better?
Jim Foley, Assistant Head of School for Leadership & Innovation
Many students complete their formal education without ever learning leadership skills. St. Luke’s students begin learning leadership in 5th grade. As they move through school, students become clear and persuasive communicators, they learn that collaboration with diverse individuals yields powerful results, creativity trumps most challenges, and service offers us purpose and satisfaction."
Leadership Lab: "The Power of Brand"
Imagine learning how to launch a concept before you've even left high school. The CFL creates Leadership Lab experiences to connect students with powerhouses from diverse fields including business, arts, and philanthropy. In one student's words: "This was like the real world."
Learn more: Leadership Lab Power of Brand Event Shazam CEO Rich Riley
Former Nike Brand President Charlie Denson Venrock Partner, Apple Music Co-Founder David Pakman
Leadership Lab: The Power of Public Service
Learn more: Leadership Lab Power of Brand Event Shazam CEO Rich Riley
Former Nike Brand President Charlie Denson Venrock Partner, Apple Music Co-Founder David Pakman
Leadership Lab: The Power of Public Service
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Leadership Lab participants get feedback from David Pakman, Partner at Venrock, and co-founder of Apple's Music Group -
Mike Gaumer, President of Vineyard Vines, listens to a team's concept -
Chris Wearing, Vice-Chair of Teneo Holdings mentors a Leadership Lab team -
St. Luke's Center for Leadership launches the Leadership Lab: The Power of Brand, a week-long mentorship between successful business leaders and student interested in entrepreneurship.
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The Christine Noyer Seaver Global Classroom
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CFL's Lunch & Lead
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Town Meetings
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Finding da Vinci Design Challenge
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Scholars Symposium
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Social Justice Leadership Summit
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Meditations
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Student Government
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Washington D.C. Service Trip
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Partner schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina, China, France and New Zealand
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Lunch & Lead guest speaker, author Nadia Hashimi
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St. Luke's Honor Council
More CFL Programs & Initiatives
St. Luke’s School is a secular (non-religious), private school in New Canaan, CT for grades 5 through 12 serving 25 towns in Connecticut and New York. Our exceptional academics and diverse co-educational community foster students’ intellectual and ethical development and prepare them for top colleges. St. Luke’s Center for Leadership builds the commitment to serve and the confidence to lead.
