West Leadership Weekly Round Up: September 24th - 28th

Hi all!

Last week was a busy one as we did a deep dive into our Race unit and set ourselves up for our mentor matching this upcoming week.

Watching our WLA middle school boys soccer team play Morey at Congress Park.

On Monday and Tuesday we started our Race unit by introducing students to the terms and language surrounding race, privilege, and ethnicity. Students really enjoy this unit and getting a chance to talk about it with one another, however some of the terms and vocabulary can be a bit confusing so it was important to take our time and really discuss each term and provide examples that students can reference later. Additionally, we completed our grade trackers (as is tradition at the start of the week). I am pleased to see some very strong grades with many students from the get go. I am hoping we can continue this momentum all the way through the fall semester.


Wednesday and Thursday were spent doing our privilege walk and working on our public service announcements. Students formed groups and picked a particular topic on race to research and create a PSA for.  The statistics and facts students find regarding this unit always surprise them, what is also interesting is them discussing and coming up with ways to combat some of these behaviors within their own school or community.

Decorations put up by the Freshman class is making me excited for the fall season!

We wrapped up the week on Friday by working on our public service announcements, taking a short quiz over the race unit, and completing our speed matching questionnaires in preparation for Monday. Next week we will be doing our speed matching activity and will be getting students paired with their mentors/mentees. We will also be holding interviews for our Mentor Leader positions which is always a very exciting part of the year! Stay tuned! -Ben