West Leadership Weekly Round Up: October 2nd - 6th

Students completed interviews in the HS wing the last two weeks for
the coveted Mentor Leader positions

Hello!

Another fast and fun week here at West Leadership! With homecoming up next week, we made sure to work hard and have a productive week before the madness begins!

Last Friday the class completed their Speed Matching interviews and identified potential matches for mentors and mentees. Students really enjoyed the activity and took the interviews seriously before making their selections. Upon review of each student's top three choices, matches were announced on Monday and students were quite excited to hear who they will be working with. We then worked on our May I Introduce lesson where students completed autobiographies and shared stories about themselves with their mentors/mentees. This was a great opportunity to bond and get to know each other even more and the students certainly enjoyed it.

Several students shared their values were strongly
influenced by their school communities.

After spending our normal Tutoring Tuesday on grade checks and homework help, the class spent Wednesday and Thursday discussing their values and goals. Students first completed a survey that helped them identify their values. From there, they created a list of goals for themselves and connected them to each value (i.e. Goal: I want to graduate from high school. Value: Education, Career, Security). Students shared many inspiring and passionate goals including graduating from college, starting their own businesses, and taking care of their parents and family.

We finished the week by choosing one goal and breaking it down through the EmoSmart process. After doing some research and breaking down our goals, many students felt like their goals (no matter how big) were more manageable and attainable. This was certainly excellent to see and we plan to continue to work on accomplishing all types of goals this year as we work together.

Next week will mark homecoming here at West and we are looking forward to sharing all of the fun activities in our next blog post. Stay tuned! -Ben