HYLC -

WELCOME WOLVES!

Hispanic Youth Leadership council is a club with many chapters all throughout the Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties. All HYLC clubs are sponsored by the Great Yosemite Council and Hispanic Leadership Council of Stanislaus County. HYLC is open to all students regardless of ethnicity. HYLC is also registered with the Boy Scouts of America as a Venturing program.

HYLC Pledge:

I promise to uphold the ideals of the Hispanic Youth Leadership Council in my relations with my family, school and community.
I will make every effort to maintain pride in my heritage, to succeed in all my endeavors, and to honor the commitments I make.

Community - Cultural Awareness - Social Engagement - Education Promotion

HYLC Key Purpose

Leadership Development- The opportunity for youth to lead in various capacities within their club to make it fun and worthwhile for the whole membership.
Encouraging Education- We advocate finishing high school and encourage and support continuing education after high school. (The HYLC has a scholarship program available for registered HYLC members.)

Meetings

Every Wednesday, room 103
1st Tuesday of every month room 924
Every other Friday, in the library

What We Do

We serve our Community:
Doing activities that serve others in the community:

4th of July Festival
Sweet Potato Festival
Farmers Market nights
Translating at school and community events
Tutoring
Homework Club
Performing Folkloric dances to create Cultural awareness

Cultural Awareness:
We learn about Latino/Hispanic history and background. We attend Chicano Latino Conferences offered by CSU Stanislaus and UC Merced.
We have our Folklorico Group.
We represent our culture in school functions as well as community events.

Social Activities:
Cluster monthly meetings where we network and meet new people from other high schools. Bi Weekly meetings where we interact with our school peers.

Empower and promote education:
Former HYLC officers come back to present and share with us their personal and school experience. They serve as role models who inspired the younger generations to pursue higher education by sharing their personal experiences.
Our former students who present come from:

UC Irvine
UC L.A.
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
Berkeley
CSU Stanislaus
Merced College

Benefits

It looks great on college applications
You serve your community
You become more culturally aware
Scholarship opportunities
You learn to lead
You get to network; meet new people from other high schools.
You get to attend Cultural College Conferences
You get to contribute to our community and our society over all
We clean the Tuolumne River Regional Park
We get out own Winter Formal/Social
We have our own Midnight Cosmic Bowling
You get to participate in:
- Speech Contest: Francisco Santana Memorial
- Photo contest
- Camp during the summer
- Performances at the Fiesta Mexicana
- Attend the end of the year awards ceremony
You get to be part of the Senior end of the year night