Forms Of Leadership

By Veronica

Many of us have probably heard that some are born leaders while the rest of us develop the skills of being a leader through the class leadership/student body.

School leadership is meant to shape and build up the school’s spirit. Event planning and bringing students together as a community has impacted many here at Yerba Buena High School.

Yerba Buena has a class called Link Crew, similar to that of the Leadership class, that focuses on freshmen while Leadership focuses on the school.

Melanie Farias, a member of Link Crew here at Yerba Buena High School, classifies it to be more than a hobby, “Link Crew is more of a class than a hobby. You’re meeting people outside of your circle and combining ideas.”

Link Crew members goals are to welcome freshmen into a new environment and be their mentor/friend.

Kevin Trinh, a member of Leadership, says he has learned a lot from taking leadership; “This is my third year in leadership and I’ve learned that there’s a lot that happens behind the scenes of our schools major events like spirit week and fantastic that students don’t regularly see. There’s contacting teachers, classes, even companies outside of school which makes these events hard work.”

Kevin Trinh has also partaken in ASB, another leadership skill class at Yerba Buena High School. “In ASB, we are leaders by pushing ourselves to better the morale of YB. From painting posters to planning events, we gain our leadership abilities through flexibility, passion, and commitment through flexibility, passion, and commitment through our 2019-2020: aspire to inspire.”

Leadership drive classes bring you closer to becoming a new you because it pulls you out of your comfort zone by getting together with your peers.

Mr.Trinh is the head of ASB and accounts for being the helping hand of the majority of the events that happen here at Yerba Buena High School.

“Regarding the students, they learn how to work with one another and how to have a voice. There’s a lot of encouragement for students to bring out the best in each other through what they do,” said Mr.Trinh.

At every school, there are representations of leaders whether that’d be students, staff members, or teachers. Once their skills are recognized, others look up to them since they’re known to be role models.

According to accreditedschoolsonline.org, research shows, “Some members are elected by the student body, and others may be appointed by the elected officials to help with specific tasks/areas of interest.”

Students who have an interest in building a sense of culture and spirit at school dive into doing so which shows the leadership skills they could have.

“I think one of the most important skills that a student from leadership gains is to start off from other leaders in the class. They learn how to organize and work with a budget, but they also work with a different number of committees which consists of a different number of leaders.” said the head of ASB, Mr. Trinh.

I, as the JV cheer captain, play the role of a leader. I try to understand everybody’s strengths and struggles.

I teach my team cheers, put together routines so we could perform for halftime at games or rallies. I also take the time to acknowledge everybody’s commitment.

As I was in the process of playing the role of a leader, I had to adjust to others listening to me and respecting what I wanted to get done.

Being a captain taught me that responsibility is in my hands and when you’re a leader, you have followers. You’re the one in charge and the one others look up to.

Teachers, here at Yerba Buena High school, are given the title “teacher,” but really being a leader comes along with being a teacher.

A teacher is meant to guide a student towards accomplishing their goals and pushing them to be accountable for their own learning.

A teacher is there to guide the student through their studies and the student is there to accomplish what needs to be done to fill the teacher’s expectations.

Aside from the regular classes students take, extracurricular classes can build a second family to an individual.

When you show up to practice for a sport or become a member of a club, it's a separate experience than doing school work. It can be a part of school, but a different experience.

It can be a sport or a club that you add a part of your schedule and soon you see the significance in it. Through that sport/club, you learn how to advocate for yourself and be a leader to your own self.

As a kid, we enjoy our childhood and once we step into the real world, reality hits. Those moments you enjoy can only last for so long because sooner or later, you have to realize your responsibilities and role as a leader.

No one is going to tell you when and how you should be a responsible adult, that is up to you to decide. You create your version of you with the skills YOU have!