YESS at West Leadership Academy

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 ( and now to every household that houses our students) is very much appreciated.   The past two months have clearly been a roller coaster of a ride. The virus has affected all of us, and it has shown the vulnerabilities that we all share. I will be the first to say that my “creative” cap that I have worn these past two months has been at full strength. However, it has also shown us that when we face adversity, we must be united against it. Our students health & safety is our priority, which is why I commend WLA’s administration’s response to the pandemic.

"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...

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...