Sept 23rd- Oct 2nd

Monday Classes, Philanthropy, and Recognizing Beliefs

This week we started the Monday leadership/ wellness class. Mentees go with Community Reach and learn the "Why Try" curriculum. While mentees are with CRC, mentors are with me learning about different leaders in history, and will examine their leadership styles. We started learning about leadership by looking at the organizers who brought forth the LA walkout in 1968.  (We watched a short clip on the 13 who made change in the LA schools). Student will soon look at the leadership styles of Corky Gonzales, Cesar Chavez, Rejes Lopes Tijerina, and Delores Huerta. Next month we will look at the Civil Rights Movement and essential leaders in the movement. After Christmas break we will fast forward to looking at leaders today, such as Malala Yousafzai. By spring time students will research an influential leader of their choice and describe their leadership style, how their leadership style is the same, and how they plan to continue their leadership in the future and make an impact with their mentee. 

This week students learned about philanthropy and are voting on a community project they would like to do this fall. Some students want to do a 2nd annual clothing drive for A Precious Child. Some students want to make key chains for children with cancer, and some students want to make Christmas cards for the troops. We are in the process of reaching out to organizations that we can collaborate with. 

At the end of the week we reflected on beliefs we have about ourselves, how we learned these beliefs about ourselves, and how we can learn to empower, motivate, and be positive about ourselves, Overall, we had a great week this week.

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