McCallie senior boarding student Tahir Murray participated in the Bank of America Student Leaders program this summer.
McCallie rising senior Tahir Murray was one of about 200 students selected to participate in a national leadership program sponsored by Bank of America.
The Student Leaders Program, part of Bank of America’s Summer Youth Employment initiative, recognizes about 200 community-minded students each year by connecting them to employment, skills development and service.
Tahir is a boarding student from Fayetteville, Ga., and one of five Atlanta-area students chosen for the Student Leaders Program. As part of the program, he completed an eight-week internship at the East Lake Foundation where he learned about the management and operations of running a successful nonprofit organization. He also worked with Drew Charter School as a teaching assistant for the school’s summer STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) camp.
Tahir also volunteered this summer with the First Tee of East Lake near his hometown teaching golf to children, and he wrapped up his summer with the Student Leaders Program by attending the 2016 Student Leaders Summit held July 10-15 in Washington, D.C.
At McCallie, Tahir is a student leader for the African American alliance club and he has also volunteered with Sox4Soles, a program that works to provide socks for the homeless.