Jefferson Awards

Salesianum School is one of 20 local high schools involved in piloting the Jefferson Awards for Public Service. We are partnering with the University of Delaware in honoring those students who have contributed through their service to the community. In 1972, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft, Jr. and Sam Beard founded the American Institute for Public Service to establish a “Nobel Prize” for public and community service - The Jefferson Awards. The Jefferson Awards are presented at the national and local levels. National award recipients represent a "Who's Who" of outstanding Americans. On the local level, Jefferson Awards recipients are ordinary people who do extraordinary things without expectation of recognition or reward.

For additional information, please see our Christian Service Program pages.