Amador County is the only school district in the country to receive as many as five honors since 2002.  The two current recognitions are for the District’s “Tomorrow’s Leaders Today” (TLT), a program that trains high school students in leadership and counseling skills, and LEADS, which pairs successful juniors and seniors at Amador High with incoming freshmen to help the newcomers get off to a strong academic start. TLT has actually been in place for five years.  First, high school students are selected, based on their leadership potential, to go through training that develops their social and leadership skills.  In turn, they train junior high school students in the same procedures and skills.  And now former high school TLT students, currently in college, are the trainers for the high school and junior high groups.  Last year was the first for LEADS; however, the results were impressive.  The mentors and mentees were recognized at a spring school board meeting for their accomplishments. This year the TLT trainings will begin for high school students immediately after the October break.  A new addition to the program this year would bring trained junior high school students on to elementary school sites to demonstrate and teach skills.