MURTOA College captains have aspirations to become great leaders this year.
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Caitlin McQueen and Max Koschmann are the college senior captains and Lauren Drum and Gemma Morgan and the vice-captains.
Grade six students Jake Ballagh and Monique Gellatly are the junior school captains and Breeanna Bell and Darcy Schultz are the vice-captains.
Tarlee Jenkins, Amy Johnston and Elsie Kingston will lead the Student Representative Council as publicity officer, treasurer and secretary respectively.
The school's acting principal Tony Goodwin said the leadership team was selected after interviews with a panel of senior teachers late last year.
Mr Goodwin said the school captains had a range of responsibilities including speaking at events and being tour guides for visitors at the school
"They're getting better by the day," he said.
"They are the public image of the college and the voice of the students."
Miss McQueen and Mr Koschmann also run the SRC meetings.
Their first big project for the year is starting a team and raising money for the Horsham and Districts Relay For Life.
About 50 of the 284 students have already signed up to participate in next week's relay.
They said they were enjoying their time as captains so far.
"I enjoy being part of a group," Miss McQueen said.
Both students said they wanted to use the experience to become better leaders.
"I want to develop myself as a leader and organiser and work on setting a good example for the rest of the school," Mr Koschmann said.
Mr Goodwin said the school had a working leadership model in place to help the students reach their full potential.
"They will end up being the leaders in our community," he said.
"Our next Prime Minister could be one of our leaders.
"We need to give them the opportunity to do that."