We brainstormed characteristics of a good leader and who we thought were good leaders in our community:
One leader that we agreed upon was a policeman. We were actually approached by one of our local police chiefs about the anti-bullying activities we did last month. He insisted that WE were leaders because we are taking a stand against bullying in our school. Vince Pryce came to our school to speak to our students about this. Some students were even selected to be interviewed for our local news station. We appreciated the recognition and agreed that we will continue to be leaders in our school. As sixth graders, we are the examples for all the other younger grades at Sabal.
Another leadership role sixth graders took was to host a car wash to help cut costs for our field trips this spring. Not all students are able to come up with money to go on the trips. We want everyone included, so we were proactive with fund raisers this year. The car wash was our biggest and we raised over $1000, thanks to the leadership within sixth grade. Students did all the work greeting each driver, collecting donations, rinsing, washing, and drying ALL cars. It was a proud day for all sixth grade teachers!
Our Spring Break is FINALLY next week! We have accepted Clark's new challenge for April and will focus on that during our time away from school.
~ Mayor James
