Leadership

Leadership is an elective designed to help develop leadership skills through direct participation in the planning and implementation of a variety of student and staff activities. 

The curriculum also includes teacher led lessons on topics such as goal setting, communication, decision making, leadership styles and parliamentary procedure.  Students plan many fun events, including dances and sixth grade activity days. 

Each student completes 28 hours of community service each semester, and plan five major service projects as a class.  Leadership teacher Laura Saldana has been teaching at WGMS for nine years.  She has a great deal of event planning experience through coaching Cheer, leading the COW Club, planning the World’s Faire, and by running her event planning business on the side.  Laura is excited to have the opportunity to invest in the school and the students through this program.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN LEADERSHIP

Students interested in taking the Leadership elective need to apply the spring prior to the year they want to participate. The process involves filling out an application and getting teacher recommendations by the required deadline.  Students must have a passing grade in each class and receive a positive rating from all teachers to be considered.

FALL LEADERSHIP EVENTS:

9/10 Back to School Night - provide directions to parents
9/11 Decorate campus in honor of September 11th
9/27 Founder’s Day Parade
10/7 Teacher treats
10/10 Volunteer at Shallenberger Fall Festival
10/11 Volunteer at Booksin Walk-a-Thon
10/24 October Dance - Night Crawlers
10/24 Volunteer at Hacienda Fall Fest
10/25 High School Homecoming Parade
10/31 Halloween Costume Contest
11/8 Yard sale to raise money for the Humane Society Silicon Valley (1254 Blewett Ave)
12/12 Winter Dance

For questions, contact Leadership teacher Laura Saldana at