Highland High fosters future leaders with conference
Student Council student from Greenfield Elementary attended a leadership conference at Highland High School given by its student council.
Courtesy Gilbert Public Schools
Highland High School’s Student Council recently hosted a leadership conference for Greenfield Elementary School’s fourth-sixth grade student council students.
The event, held Nov. 15, aimed to inspire and equip Greenfield Elementary’s students with leadership skills they can use as they continue in student council throughout junior high and high school.
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Highland High School’s Student Council recently hosted a leadership conference for Greenfield Elementary School’s fourth-sixth grade student council students.
The event, held Nov. 15, aimed to inspire and equip Greenfield Elementary’s students with leadership skills they can use as they continue in student council throughout junior high and high school.
The conference focused on key leadership qualities such as effective communication, teamwork, and problem-solving.
Through a series of interactive stations, elementary students engaged in activities designed to develop these leadership skills, learning the importance of active listening, clear communication, the power of gratitude, teamwork, and being a flexible leader.
Highland’s leadership conference also featured a Q&A session where elementary students could ask high school seniors about their experiences in student council, offering a valuable opportunity for the students to gain insights from seasoned leaders and learn about the positive impact they can make in their schools and communities.
“I was in StuCo at Greenfield Elementary and Greenfield Junior High, so I know the advisers and how they operate," Higland Student Council President Anna Kelly, a senior, said. "I was able to put myself in the students’ shoes, thinking about the questions I had when I was younger, which really helped with planning the conference,”
Highland High held its leadership conference on the same day as an assembly that featured a teacher vs. student dodgeball tournament.
“Because we had the assembly, the Greenfield Elementary students got to watch how our StuCo sets up and runs an event, rather than just explaining the process to them,” added Macey Compeau, the StuCo adviser and a Social Studies teacher at Highland High. “Plus they really enjoyed seeing teachers and students throwing dodgeballs.”
The student council at Highland High aims to expand the leadership conference by collaborating with other high schools in the district to host larger-scale events in the future.
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