THE
NEXT GENERATION
OF LEADERS IN KEARNEY.
YOUTH LEADERSHIP KEARNEY CLASS 32
APPLICATIONS CLOSE OCTOBER 10, 2025 @ 5 PM.
APPLICATION & SELECTION
1. APPLICATION:
Any student who is in the 11th grade in Kearney is welcome to apply for our Youth Leadership Kearney program. Applications are available online or a paper copy can be requested. Applications are promoted to the community through Leadership Kearney & Youth Leadership Kearney social media accounts, community emails, and at school presentations.
Applicants are responsible for making sure ALL application materials are submitted via the online application by:
Friday, October 10, 2025 @ 5 PM.
The application includes:
- Confidential Application Form (submitted online via the Leadership Kearney website)
-
Section 1: Personal Information
-
Section 2: Leadership
-
Section 3: Involvement
-
Section 4: Application Submission**
**Teacher & Community Reference Form, as well as Principal Approval Form, must be submitted through the links located below. These links are also located in Section 4 of the application.
2. CLASS SELECTION:
Please note that the Youth Leadership Kearney selection process is highly competitive, that is done on a blind selection process based on a scoring rubric done by the Youth Committee (A committee of the Leadership Kearney Board of Directors). Application questions are assigned a point value, and selection is based on the total points an applicant receives. This is a highly confidential process. All student's personal information and school identifiers are removed prior to the selection committee's review and are not seen by the selection committee. A third party receives and manages all applications while removing the applicants' identifying information.
3. NOTIFICATION:
All applicants will be notified by mail regarding selection results, no later than December 2025. Chosen candidates will participate in their spring semester of junior year and graduate during the fall semester of their senior year.
