Crossing Leadership

Purpose of Crossing Leadership Core Area:

Develop the natural leadership abilities through academic and practical experiences. Leadership at the Crossing is developed and cultivated through 3 main avenues.

 

1. Leadership Academy –

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE is to assists in developing a student’s natural leadership ability and enabling them to impact their school and community.

2. Service Learning –

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS to assist students in contributing to their community. Students gain a better understanding of the needs in their community and discover ways in which they can serve to meet those needs.

3. Extended Learning Opportunities –

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS to develop and deepen student/teacher relationships through adventure activities. Extended Learning Opportunities focus specifically on the heart and the mind while realizing that transformation of the heart and mind is a process achieved one victory at a time.

“One of my greatest leadership experiences includes the trip that our class took to the Parkview Home.  We sanded rust off of the bottom of the urinals. Now it takes a long time for rust to build up, it could have been prevented, but that’s one of those jobs that absolutely no one wanted to do.  We had no idea what they wanted us to do.  They barely even expected us to come, but we did and they assigned us what they didn't want to do.  We did it happily with no struggle.  We wanted to help, and we did help. After realizing what we had actually done, I felt so much better about myself.  We had done something that obviously no one else wanted to do.  They were so thankful that we helped and in all truth I feel proud of myself for helping. If I had the chance I would do it again.”

Jeff (Butterz) Henderson

Frankfort Crossing Leadership Student

“I would love to take another trip like this, because it allowed me to really see what these kids are like outside of the classroom; what they struggle with, how they deal with difficult situations, and what they do to enjoy life.  It was a real life experience, and I wouldn't trade it in, no matter how difficult it was.”

Dustin Goeglein - Ligonier Crossing Teacher