Monday, May 21, 2018

West Leadership Weekly Round Up: May 14th - 18th

Hi all! 

We had a productive week as we worked on our Stand Up projects and our seniors wrapped up for the year! 

On Monday, we had our final lesson of the year, Letter to My Graduating Self. In the lesson, students discussed goals, roadblocks, and detours and then were asked to complete a letter to their future selves in which they envision graduating from high school. In the letter, students were asked to visualize a successful version of themselves that they can work towards. We focused on what goals and dreams students want to accomplish over the next several years as well as the challenges and obstacles they may face when working towards them. The idea is for students to read these letters when they graduate and reflect on how much they've grown during their time in middle and high school. 

Tuesday we had students check their grades and then we discussed the Stand Up Project requirements in more detail, along with the final exam schedules and plans for the following week. Students had their topics set but it was important to review the requirements for their presentations, reflections, and final product. 

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we spent our class time working on our Stand Up Projects. With no middle school students next week as they will be completing their Explore courses, I wanted to give them as much time as possible to work in class. Additionally, with our seniors having their last day on Friday, we wanted to give them as much time to work as well. Seniors were able to take advantage of the time and presented their projects on Friday. It was good to see some diversity with the projects already - some students interviewed and recorded conversations with a local veterinarian to help with potential solutions for animal rights, others created a small school fundraiser to raise money for food that could be distributed to the homeless. Another student spoke about the importance of self empowerment and how to motivate young people to be agents of change. Overall, we saw some strong solutions and diverse ideas that attempt to tackle various social justice issues. I am very much looking forward to seeing what the rest of our HS and MS students come up with! Finals for HS are next week and then we will have one last week with MS students! Stay tuned! -Ben


Hola a todos
Tuvimos una semana productiva cuando los alumnos trabajaban en sus proyectos y los del último año terminaron.

El lunes, tuvimos la último lección para el año, la carta a mi cuando termino. En la lección, los alumnos platicaron sobre sus metas, barricadas, y desavios y luego tenían que escribir una carta a si mismo del futuro cuando terminaran con high school. En la carta, los alumnos tenían que imaginar un escenario de ser exitoso que podrán trabajar para este imagen. Enfoquemos en las metas y sueños que tenían y los retos y obstáculos que hay cuando están trabajando a sus metas. La idea es que los alumnos leyeran sus cartas cuando terminaran y reflejarse en el crecimiento.
En martes los alumnos revisaran sus calificaciones y platicaremos sobre los requisitos del proyecto Stand Up con más detalles, y también el horario y los planes hasta el fin del año escolar. Los alumnos tenían sus temas pero fue importante de revisar los requisitos para presentar, sus papeles de reflexión, y todo el producto final.

La demás de la semana fue para trabajar en los proyectos. Trabajamos duro porque los alumnos de middle school están en sus clases Explore y los del último año no asistan despues de viernes. Los del último año presentaron sus proyectos en viernes. A mi, me gustaba ver la diversidad en los proyectos, y que algunos alumnos hacen entrevistas con una veterinaria para ayudar con soluciones contra el abuso de animales, otros hacen un recaudo de fondos para agarrar comida para el homeless. Otro habló sobre la importancia de empoderarse y motivar los jóvenes de ser agentes de cambio. De todos modos he visto soluciones fuertes y ideas diversos para resolver asuntos de justicia social. Estoy emocionado de ver los demás proyectos en la próximas semana de High School y de Middle School en la última semana. Nos Vemos-Ben

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