"The Continental Divide" Good Morning and welcome back to the Westside, First and foremost, I want to thank all of you who take the time out of your day to read what has been happening here at West Leadership Academy. All of your positive vibes and the energy that you send to the campus is very much appreciated. There is a lot of information to dissect through for this month so I have laid out a Table of Contents as to what we will be covering in this blog. 1. Lessons Covered in February 2. Guest Speaker: Jesse Ramirez from INSPIRE 3. Senior Stand-Outs 4. The Hot Wing Blazin’ Challenge 5. Teacher-Student Shout Outs! 1. Lessons Covered in February We covered 4 lessons, along with the main ideas of that lesson in February: 1. The Negativity Bias: Are you being Negative or Realistic? What is the brain’s negativity bias, and why do we have it? What stories do we tell ourselves? How can our thoughts change our lives? The students