Round Two of workshops started today! Here’s some of the content that will be covered in Round Two: Diversity: Delegates will identify the aspects of cultural identity, understand and analyze perceptions of different individuals and their cultural identities, determine the benefits of diversity and how these benefits are essential to leadership, and examine barriers to [...]
As of yesterday afternoon, all delegates have completed Round One of workshops. Yesterday we highlighted the objectives of Group Dynamics and Decision Making. The third workshop in the round was Self Awareness: Self Awareness: Delegates identified components of their strengths, values, motivations, and relationships and determined why it’s important to be aware of them. They [...]
Monday Today was our first full day together, and it was indeed full! We started our first round of workshops, which include the following content: Decision Making: Delegates distinguished between individual and group decisions, identified the steps of the decision making model, worked to understand the relationship between values and decision making, and compared and [...]
What a great kickoff to our week together! After the parents left, delegates were taken around campus to orient them to all the buildings where activities will take place throughout the week. They then got to see their group rooms decorated to fit their teams, and they played games to start getting to know their [...]
Thursday This morning delegates completed their Round Two workshops. We highlighted two of the four workshops yesterday, and here are the other two Diversity, taught by Scott Jones and Maggie Chen Evolution of Leadership, taught by Olivia Keithley and Pearson Benson: These were the last workshops of the week! Ask your child what his/her favorite [...]
Wednesday We can’t believe our week is half over already! Today we started Round Two of workshops: Advocacy, Pressure and Decision Making; Diversity; and Evolution of Leadership. Highlights of two of our Round Two workshops: Advocacy, taught by Abby Sweeney and Grant Kilduff: delegates worked to define and understand passion as well as what it [...]
Today we finished up Round One workshops! Here are summaries of the other two Round One workshops. Ask your child what his/her favorite Round One workshop was! Ethics and Values, taught by Basirah Rahim and Danny Rivas: delegates worked to define and differentiate Ethics and Values, identify the sources of both, and discover how their ethics [...]
This morning we started workshops! Our Round One workshops are Self Awareness and Identity, Motivation and Empowerment, Ethics and Values, and Social Media and You! Delegates will rotate through round one today and tomorrow. Ask your child which workshops he/she attended today! Summaries of two of our Round One workshops: Self Awareness and Identity, taught [...]
It was a wonderful first day at MSEL! After the parents left, delegates were taken around campus to orient them to all the buildings where activities will take place throughout the week. They then got to see their group rooms decorated to fit their teams, and they played games to start getting to know their [...]
Our last full day onsite was a little bit emotional. We're always sad when the week comes to a close, but we're also so excited for the delegates to take what they've learned back to their communities. Journey started the day with their final workshop, Power and Purpose, taught by staffers Diane D'Costa and [...]
