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The official website of the Early College at Guilford (ECG) Interact Club

All interested ECG students are invited to join the ECG Interact Club.  Scroll down for more details.  Click here or see the "Upcoming Meetings" tab for dates and times.     

Officers for 2009-2010

Emily Scotton, president
Molly Duffy, vice-president
Kate Hayworth, secretary
Kiel Williams, treasurer

What is Interact?

Interact is Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 14 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance, but each Interact Club is self-governing and self-supporting.

Each year, Interact clubs complete at least two community service projects, one of which furthers international understanding and goodwill. Through these efforts, Interactors develop a network of friendships with local and overseas clubs and learn the importance of

• Developing leadership skills and personal integrity

• Demonstrating helpfulness and respect for others

• Understanding the value of individual responsibility and hard work

• Advancing international understanding and goodwill

As one of the most significant and fastest-growing programs of Rotary service, with more than 10,700 clubs in 109 countries and geographical areas, Interact has become a worldwide phenomenon. Almost 200,000 young people are involved in Interact.

What is Rotary?

Rotary is a volunteer organization of 1.2 million business and professional leaders united worldwide to provide humanitarian service and help build goodwill and peace. About 32,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas conduct projects to address today’s challenges — including illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of clean water, and environmental concerns — while encouraging high ethical standards in all vocations.

As the world’s largest private provider of international scholarships, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International helps more than 1,000 students annually to study abroad and serve as cultural ambassadors. Rotary also partners with five prestigious universities around the world, providing opportunities to earn a master’s degree in peace and conflict resolution.

PolioPlus is Rotary’s flagship program. By the time polio is eradicated, Rotary club members will have contributed US$850 million and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than two billion children in 122 countries. Rotary is a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, along with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  In 2007, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged a $100 million challenge grant to the cause, which was the largest sum ever given to a volunteer organization.  A year later, the Gates Foundation committed an additional $255 million to the foundation to finish the eradication in the remaining afflicted areas of the world. 

Founded in Chicago in 1905 as the world’s first volunteer service organization, Rotary quickly expanded around the globe. Today, club members meet weekly to plan service projects, discuss community and international issues, and enjoy fellowship. Clubs are nonpolitical and open to every race, culture, and creed.

What is the Early College at Guilford?

The Early College at Guilford is North Carolina's first early college high school and one of three statewide high schools to achieve Honor School of Excellence status.  The school offers a writing intensive, fast-paced curriculum in partnership with Guilford College, a selective national liberal arts institution.  Students take honors and advanced placement courses in the ninth and tenth grades and apply to matriculate into the college curriculum in grades eleven and twelve.  Students graduate with a high school diploma and up to two years of college credit from Guilford College.

For the fourth consecutive year, Newsweek magazine places The Early College at Guilford among the nation's leading high schools, ranking it 19th in the United States in 2009.  The Early College ranks 17th on the US News and World Report's 2009 list of the top 100 public high schools.