KERNERSVILLE — Bishop McGuinness High School is partnering with the Center for Creative Leadership to create a Leadership Program for the 2018-’19 school year and beyond.
The Center for Creative Leadership, based in Greensboro, is a global leadership development and educational nonprofit organization. The center works with schools and school systems locally and across the country to develop their leadership capacity.
The leadership program at Bishop McGuinness High School will involve the entire school community in an extensive program designed to expand the school’s existing culture of equipping students with the skills needed to be global citizens.
A 10-member leadership team – comprised of parents, students, teachers and administrators – kicked off the program with a mini retreat June 7 led by CCL at its center in Greensboro.
The leadership team and CCL has since met throughout the summer to build and create a program specifically designed for the high school.
The high school will kick off the new academic year with a two-day leadership retreat Aug. 29-30.
“What has been amazing about this process so far is we are living out our mission to ‘serve in a world in need of peace, love, and justice’,” noted Principal Tracy Shaw. “Each step in the journey has allowed us to really look at who we are and how we can support each other so that we can be the best possible person, hence becoming a stronger community and giving us the strength and courage to speak up for what we believe.”
Shaw said it will be exciting to see how this process will play out in classrooms, group projects, retreats, Mass and day-to-day interactions with each other at the high school.
“I feel blessed to be able to give this opportunity to our school community,” Shaw said.
— SueAnn Howell, Senior reporter