Woodbury Leadership Academy

Leadership Programming

Woodbury Leadership Academy's Leadership Programming instills confidence and helps children solve problems creatively, work in a team and work collaboratively with others.

Leadership skills allow children to have control of their lives and the ability to make things happen. Leadership gives children many opportunities to develop responsibility, respect, perseverance, gratitude and humanity.

All children have the potential to develop leadership skills. Leadership development is a lifelong process. As adults, we can teach the skills necessary for children to take on leadership roles now and in the future. Here are some ways we help children develop leadership skills:

Modeling leadership behavior.
Teaching children how to see things another's perspective.
Helping children build self-confidence.
Giving children the opportunity to take leadership roles in the classroom and at the school level.
Teaching children how to work with others in a team situation.
Encouraging children to pursue things that interest them.
Encouraging communication and action.

Service-Learning Projects

Each month, a grade level leads the school and community in a service-learning project that is aligned to our Core Virtues. For example, grade 1's service-learning project was called, "Caring Comforts" and was aligned to the Core Virtue gratitude. First graders asked the school and community to donate gently used or new stuffed animals/toys. The stuffed animals/toys were given to police, fire and medical responders because when they encounter child patients or children on their emergency calls, they like to give a stuffed animal to help make bad day a little better. Their goal was to "stuff" an entire ambulance. See all grade level service learning plans HERE.