YESS at West Leadership Academy

Welcome back to the Westside. First and foremost, I’d like to thank everyone who has followed us through the past 6 months here at West Leadership Academy.   All of you who send us positive messages, send us positive vibes, or just simply walk by and support our kids, we greatly appreciate you. That being said, here’s the rundown of what you will be reading in this month’s blog.      1. What we did in January      2. Student profiles      3. Positive Teacher/Student comments Unit II Lessons: The first item on the agenda is what I had students do when they got back on January 7th. I took all five of my sections outside and had them work with one another to build teamwork and communication skills that they need in order to cross a challenge together. The idea is simple. The whole group starts at point AA, they need to get the entire group across to point B, but the catch is they can only step on the pie...

Welcome back to the Westside! Thank you for visiting this blog and checking out what our organization did here at West leadership Academy in the month of December.   Before I get into the month's activities, I just want to give a shout out to those of you who keep supporting and sending us positive vibes to this classroom from wherever you are. It is truly appreciated and it is something we do not take for granted. That being said let’s get to work. In today’s blog, you are going to be reading about the lesson we did before break, our Christmas dinner party at La Alma rec center, and last but not least the preparation and overall process For the final our Mentor Leadership Team and I conducted with our students. #1 -- The Brain: The unit revolves around healthy relationships specifically how to build one, how to maintain one, and to identify what we as individuals can do to make sure we are in healthy relationships with anyone we encounter. In December, we to...

Welcome back to the Westside.  Thank you for coming back and reading this month's blog. I think I speak on behalf of all my students when I say we are doing a lot of great things in the classroom, mainly because we have great students here who are willing to come in and put in the work. As always, all of your words of encouragement and positive vibes from wherever you’re reading this from are always needed, wanted and appreciated.   TOPICS: The month of November was extremely exciting here at West Leadership Academy. This months blog will be covering:  1. The lessons of Unit II, Healthy Relationships. 2. Our first Harvest Festival. 3. Our student's accomplishments inside the school. First up, the lessons we covered in class this month were on the unit of healthy relationships. The first lesson we covered was on your sphere of influence. In other words, the people who are surrounding you at all times. Some of the big ideas of the lesson ...