Leadership Academy Leads Students to a Brighter Future

Students at now have a new “club” available to them.

Organized by assistant principal Christian Lesnett, the Leadership Academy targets students that take on “leadership” roles in their organizations or sports teams.

Teachers, coaches and organization leaders were asked to recommend two or three students to Lesnett that they thought were well-rounded and leaders. The club gives them a chance to voice their opinions about things they would like to change or improve in their organization, and Lesnett helps them to make those changes.

The club meets once a month for an hour after school. The first meeting was held last Wednesday.

During the meeting, we started off with an "ice breaker” activity so students from different clubs and organizations could get to know each other.

After that, the students were talked to about goals and how statistics show that successful people set goals for themselves to get where they are.

Then, we were asked to write down three specific personal goals that can be achieved within the year—discussing them with peers soon after. 

Students met with other members of their organization and came up with three additional specific goals that could be achieved within the year—this time, the goals were about improving their club.

Lesnett helped with creating ways to achieve them. 

He created this club to help pave the way to a better school. The Leadership Academy is allowing students to get more out of their organization.

It is a great way to voice opinions, and it will continue to improve sports, clubs and activities offered to high school students.