LEADERSHIP: IT'S NOT ABOUT REWARDS; IT'S DOING WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE ACKNOWLEDGES YOU!

2022 MOANALUA HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (above) The Moanalua High School Executive Council is made up of fifteen volunteers. VOLUNTEERS! While officers are elected, they choose to run knowing that if they win, there is no physical reward, no letter grade, no incentive other than the pure satisfaction of doing a good job and representing the student body. At times, we achieve great success while at other times, we achieve somewhat less, but it is always a learning process. While we can take away much satisfaction from doing a good job, we can also learn from mistakes and try to better ourselves the next time. And so, at the end of our terms, while we do not earn a credit, a letter grade or even a certificate of achievement proving our accomplishments, we can take away the self-satisfaction in knowing that we did our best for the students, school and community, and that positive experience is something we can really use as contributing adult members of society.

Friday

10/11: CYS PROVIDES NEW LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY!

Ready to get to work!

Jannah gives some final instructions!

Aaaand, weeee're MARCHING!

Some issue groups were small!

Some were large!

And all were made up of a wide variety of age groups!
 

So, we've done leadership training before with elementary and middle schoolers, and we've done it with just high schoolers, too, but we've never had a leadership opportunity that stretched from elementary students to adults as well!  Today's Children and Youth Summit (CYS) at the State Capitol provided just that opportunity!  With five topics:  Economy, Education, Environment and Sustainability, Health and Human Services, and Civil and Human Rights, officers facilitated wide age variety discussion groups coming up with suggestions for the state legislature on which specific areas or topics they would like to see addressed.  It was an interesting and fun experience, and we got to know a lot of new people as well!  Most importantly, we hope that the issues will ultimately make it to the legislative floor and improve the quality of life for everyone in Hawaii.
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