LCS Junior Staff Spotlight: Steve S.

Each day at Louverture Cleary School is made possible by the administration, faculty, staff, and junior staff who work in all of the areas that make the school successful, such as student life, community service and outreach, accounting, maintenance, security, and more. An important aspect within this robust leadership structure is the Junior Staff work-study program for alumni, through which LCS graduates attend university on scholarships from the Dulcich Center for Career Advancement while working at LCS.

Members of the Junior Staff program fill important roles such as overseeing the Work Hour and Netwayaj (cleanup) programs, assisting in the Koukouy Sen Klè (Fireflies of St. Clare) early childhood development program, and supervising and leading extracurriculars. They are recent graduates and therefore excellent role models for the students, especially with regard to living out the Charism (spiritual identity) of the school and its central motto of Matthew 10:8: “What you receive for free, you must give for free.”

Haitian Project News recently caught up with Steve S., a second-year Junior Staff member who teaches physical education classes, coaches extracurricular sports, and assists with evening study hour supervision after attending university classes during the day.

HPN: What year did you graduate from LCS? Where are you attending university, and what are you studying?

Steve S.: I graduated in July 2021 and am studying legal science and political science at Université Quisqueya.

HPN: What is a lesson you learned as a student at LCS that you continue to use in your life?

Steve S.: One of the lessons I learned at LCS as a student and that I use in life now is that anything you want someone to do for you, do the same for them. It helps me to make much more effort in the way I treat those around me; what comes out of my mouth in the way I treat people clearly reflects how I want to be treated.

HPN: What do you enjoy doing the most in your role?

Steve S.: My responsibility as a junior staff is first and foremost to contribute greatly to the smooth running and discipline of the community. What I like most about my role is the way the students thrive in the sports activities, and how interested they are in playing at least one sport.

HPN: What are your plans for your future?

Steve S.: My plan for the future is first and foremost continued peace of mind, and for me to be an example to the younger generation and a source of inspiration to those who follow me. One of the things I want is to build a beautiful family and to be fully economically successful.

HPN: What are your hopes for the future of Haiti?

Steve S.: My future plan for Haiti is to see sustainable development and that one of the biggest problems is solved, which is insecurity. I hope to see Haiti become a power on all four sides: economically, diplomatically, politically, and culturally.