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Holy Redeemer High School’s Student Leadership Council recently hosted more than 90 elementary school students at its first leadership workshop, ‘Discovering Your Hidden Leadership Gifts.’ Schools in the Holy Redeemer System of the Diocese of Scranton that participated were: Gate of Heaven, Dallas; Good Shepherd Academy, Kingston; Holy Family Academy, Hazleton; Holy Rosary, Duryea; St. Jude, Mountain Top; St. Mary’s Assumption, Pittston; St. Nicholas-St. Mary, Wilkes-Barre; Wyoming Area Catholic, Exeter. Holy Redeemer students conducted workshops on such topics as time management, team building, communication, motivation, student service, and organization. Featured speaker was the Rev. Thomas Muldowney, Episcopal vicar for clergy in the Diocese of Scranton. The purpose of the workshop was to help students in grades 6-8 develop skills needed to be effective leaders in their schools. Some of the participants, from left, first row: Sara Cavanaugh, Holy Redeemer; Adriana Wesolowski, Gate of Heaven School; Mesa Ashton, Good Shepherd Academy; Mary Pat Blaskiewicz, Wyoming Area Catholic; Katie Kurzinsky, Holy Family; and Julia Wignot, Holy Redeemer. Second row: Michael Booth, vice principal and student leadership council moderator, Holy Redeemer; Muldowney; Michael Conlon, St. Mary’s Assumption; Annie Cosgrove, St. Jude; Caitlin Curtin, St. Nick-St. Mary’s; Eric Sklanka, Holy Rosary; Patrick Loftus, Holy Redeemer; and the Rev. John Victoria, chaplain, Holy Redeemer.