WHERE’D ALL THE LEADERS GO?
Is student leadership taken for granted?
What really goes into school activities? How much time is really spent making sure the school is covered in orange for Homecoming or dressed in black for Coming Home? Often, it’s the quiet leaders that make these projects happen. They spend hours toiling away just so the staff and students can have an enjoyable school activity or a colorful school for an event.
But what happens when these decorations and activities are taken for granted? Recently, the seniors in Mr. Baird’s leadership class have taken on a variety of difficult projects that have taken weeks to complete, just for them to be used for a day or two. Take, for example, the Haunted House. Leadership spent several class periods and stayed after school to put on a Haunted House that would only be in the lunches for a day. The leadership students were excited to be able to put something on for their peers, just because they wanted to. But when lunchtime came, so did complaints. Some students even ripped down several walls and decorations that took hours to build. It seemed as if leadership’s work was being taken for granted.
Last year, when football players were in a room with balloons needed for the Homecoming balloon sit relay, most of the balloons ended up popped. Even during this year’s Homecoming and Coming Home, posters and garlands
were ripped off the walls after hours of work. Students stayed after school until almost 9 PM just to make the school look festive.
Even with the recent half day, similar events occurred. Leadership spent over 20 hours crafting the photo wall, and students even stayed late into the evening the night before just to hang up all 327 photos. Sadly, the wall only stayed up for that one day. The next day, the photos were all crumpled up in tape balls on the floor. Dodgeball also took several hours to plan. It begs the question of whether or not students who plan all these events are taken advantage of.
With no juniors in leadership due to a scheduling conflict, who will take over decorations and planning for next year? Current seniors are devoting their hearts and souls
to homecoming, Coming Home and other projects. It’s time for those who plan all of these activities and decorate the school to not be taken for granted. And it’s especially time for the younger grades to step up in their absence.
EDITORIAL, Staff
