{"id":3463,"date":"2015-04-08T10:10:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T14:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2017-04-04T17:00:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T21:00:06","slug":"student-leaders-move-mountains-at-bayside-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/student-leaders-move-mountains-at-bayside-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Student leaders \u2018move mountains\u2019 at Bayside High"},"content":{"rendered":"

“You\u2019ll MOVE MOUNTAINS! Why fit in when you were born to stand out? Today you are You, that is truer than true. There\u2019s no one alive who is Youer than You!\u201d \u2013 Dr. Seuss\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Elbrus, Lhotse, Makalu and Rainier.<\/p>\n

Each one the name of a famous mountain, and each one providing inspiration to Bayside High School students at the school\u2019s leadership workshop last month at the Airfield 4-H Camp in Wakefield, Virginia.<\/p>\n

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2015 Bayside Leadership Workshop participants in their councils.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Aligned with the workshop\u2019s theme Move Mountains<\/em>, based on the writing of Dr. Seuss, more than 60 student delegates spent the weekend learning and working together in separate councils bearing one of the four mountains\u2019 names. It is within these councils, explained Bayside social studies teacher and workshop coordinator Ashley Williamson, that students learn valuable lessons about teambuilding, group dynamics, problem solving and listening as they work on projects and challenges together throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe council projects serve as a metaphor for real life problems that students will encounter throughout their lives when working in groups, whether with their families, at school or in their careers,\u201d said Williamson. \u201cIt is not always easy to work with 12 or more people,\u201d she added, \u201cand you must find the individual talents of your group, build upon them and listen to each other\u2019s needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Teambuilding activities promote problem solving and collaboration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the fourth year that Bayside has hosted an overnight workshop for its students in grades nine-11. Williamson and Bayside student activities coordinator Lisa Corprew were awarded a Virginia Beach Education Foundation (VBEF) grant funded by DeFord Limited to help defray the school\u2019s costs for overnight lodging and materials as well as to allow as many students as possible to attend.\u00a0\u201cWe never want to say \u2018no\u2019 to a student based on financial reasons,\u201d wrote Williamson in the VBEF grant application.<\/p>\n

And because Bayside staff want all students to say \u201cyes\u201d to getting involved in school, the date of the annual leadership event is strategically selected. By hosting the event just before the release of applications for the school\u2019s Student Council Association (SCA) or class elections, there has been a greater turnout of potential candidates.<\/p>\n

Workshop staff members and their adult advisers hope that this year is no different.<\/p>\n

\u201cBHS challenges its student leaders to get involved from the moment that they enter high school, whether it is through clubs, activities, sports or in the community,\u201d Williamson said.\u00a0The school\u2019s leadership workshop encourages that involvement not only by building students\u2019 skills and knowledge through instructional sessions lead by student workshop staff members and Bayside alumni, but also by building confidence.<\/p>\n

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Juniors and seniors served on the workshop staff to plan and lead activities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey often come in as quiet, uninvolved students,\u201d reflected one student staff member. \u201cTo see them blossom into people who are equipped with the necessary tools to step up and become a source of leadership at our school is insatiable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe love and pride I feel for my school is renewed every time I come to workshop,\u201d reflected another student staff member. \u201cI will be forever grateful to have such a fantastic program at my school. I encourage all newcomers to take part and hope that it continues to make as much of an impact on them as it has had on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BHSLW'15\"<\/a>Visit the Virginia Beach Education Foundation\u2019s <\/em>Adopt A+ Grants webpage<\/em><\/a> to see how VBEF grants are supporting innovative and creative learning programs for students. \u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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