West Leadership Weekly Round Up: 12/4-12/8

Hello!

Another busy week at West Leadership Academy as we completed our Belief Systems projects!

On Monday, students were introduced to the Belief Systems project. To start, we reviewed the beliefs cycle

and the importance of limiting vs empowering beliefs. Students were then given the three project options: 

In 10 Years, What I Believe, and Look for Evidence. Students were given the opportunity to not only pick the option

for the project, but also how they want to present the information. Anything from creating a poster and PowerPoint to writing an essay or song would be accepted. Mentors helped mentees figure out which option may be best for them and helped them get started on Monday and I provided examples of each project for guidance. 

A senior discussing how his song choices reflect
his limiting and empowering beliefs

On Tutoring Tuesday, grade checks and meetings with teachers took place. Mentors took their students to various classes where they had missing or late work and got makeup work to complete. This will occur once again this week before finals. We also spent Tuesday as a work day for the Beliefs Systems project.

Wednesday was the final work day for the project and students wrapped everything up in time for Thursdays presentations. Most students chose to complete posters and cartoons while others completed PowerPoint presentations and a couple wrote short essays. 

Many students chose creating cartoons/posters
with quite a few being exceptionally well done. 

On Thursday the students presented their projects with mentors helping mentees. Several students shared their posters while others went through their powerpoints and answered questions from the class. It was fun to see students be reflective and think about how their beliefs impact their actions. 

As a reward, we spent our beautiful Friday reviewing these topics one more time before heading outside and playing some games. Students certainly earned it and couldn't resist the warm December weather. We are looking forward to another productive week before finals! -Ben