Diversity At South Florence High School

This semester, we learned specific ways to build our leadership capabilities by reading “How Remarkable Women Lead” by Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston, researching Boston women leaders, interviewing a present day woman leader, and reading a group book. Throughout all of these resources and research, common themes of how to be a successful leader emerged. Not only did I learn more about leadership in general, but I also found ways to improve my own leadership without going too much out of my comfort zone. The important lessons of leading with perseverance, framing, and an activist's mindset thoroughly influenced my identity as a leader and gave me new tactics to grow as a person.

Baltimore County is a very diverse county, there are many whites,blacks, hispanics, asians etc… These different races get along very well throughout their area, they have very little problems. They have very prestigious high schools, with a lot of good kids. However, there is a problem that concerns The Board of the Baltimore County Schools. That is the lack of diversity throughout the teachers in the schools, people have been irritated about this. People of the county believe it's a real big problem, but others believe that it's not. There is a lot of discussion and controversy on what actions to take to make the schools more diverse.

Diversity on college campuses has increased, which has let people assume that racism decreased and acceptance expanded gradually, however minorities still face prejudice and discrimination. Harvard University presented a research where they gathered college students from 4 particular public universities and questioned them about the social behavior they have experienced or witnessed. In the contrary, they discovered that college students have encountered racist comments or negative facial expressions towards them from Caucasians (Caplan, page 31). This has led to propositions for instance, improving social conduct between children in school, more gratification in regard to one’s culture and positive outlook toward the culture of others because America’s obsession with race and racial attitudes continues to affect individuals emotionally. It is urgent to spread diversity at a younger stage of life, for upcoming children that are starting school. The need of role models around the nation is necessary and relevant to help multicultural education in the schools. Diversity has become significant since people all over the country are passionate about others knowing where they come from and making it possible of a more diverse society in the future.

This Project was very useful because our team was able to help our community as well as our citizen’s in the area. Bonita Springs Charter School is a great organization to be a part of, and BSCS has many volunteer opportunities throughout the year. The Harvest Fest is the biggest event for fundraising at the school, which allows parents, families, and staff as well as the Bonita Springs community, to be a part of this great event. In addition, BSCS is a well-known school just miles away from Florida Gulf Coast University, which is very convenient for students that live either at the FGCU campus or in the surrounding area. Furthermore, BSCS is great at returning emails and phone calls for any volunteer position that students are looking to

Diversity comes in many different forms. Growing up in a small rural town located in the midst of the Bible belt the diversity takes on a unique meaning in the small community I live in. I am a Senior Lieutenant on the Hallsville Drill Team, which consists of fifty girls that are together for fifteen hours a week. In that time I realized just how diverse lives can be. Through the relationships I have built with my teammates, I have learned that even though most of us have grown up in the same town there are aspects of our lives that are uniquely different.

As a member of several clubs and organizations, I have always valued the wide range of people you can find within the walls of my high school. If you walk into my Physics lab, you will find me collaborating with a dancer strongly involved in his cultural heritage and a volleyball player in the engineering academy. If you come to my Calculus class, you will see me calculating derivatives with a football player, a snowboarder, a National Honor Society officer, and a painter. The word “diversity” is often used to describe a cross-cultural population, but it is so much more than that. At Bartlett High School, students originate from hundreds of different cultures, with an abundance interests, and participate together in an assortment of activities.

In the article, “The Segregated Classrooms of a Proudly Diverse School” really caught my attention while reading it. In the article, it mentions how advanced classes and introductory level courses are separated at the school. Majority of the students in the advanced courses are white students even though the majority of the students of the school are black. The same situation occurred to me at my high school. My high school was located in a low-income area, but a few miles down, there were middle class homes not too far away from the high school.At my high school, we had a major Latino population, which made up 60% of student population. Just like the high school in the article, we separate students based on their level on the certain subject. Overwhelmingly, there was more white students in each advance level courses than

Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville is a school that supports diversity. I would recommend partnering with them.

As I walk down the halls of Denver South High school, I see many flags draped down the ceiling with many faces that identify with those flags. Since freshman year, all I’ve heard about South is that they have a very diverse population. However, I don’t see the diversity everyone talks about. I see flags that have been disturbed by hands that are privileged and don’t know what it’s like to be labeled as a minority. As a student here at South, I want the student population and faculty to understand that diversity isn’t just a number. Diverse student should be included in all parts of the system, not just included to make South look good. It infuriates me to think that our amazing diverse students are exploited for advertisement for the school. I am a Nigerian-American that believes there is a problem at South: we accept students with diverse backgrounds only when it benefits the school.

Policies that Miamifield should implement are a required class on race, diversity and culture, club that meets once a week about race, diversity, and culture, a room in the school where students can go and talk about their issues with no judgement or consequences, changing the mascot, change the way that teachers are hired, make clear rules on what will cause a student to be suspended, and full day of school every year where the mayor, community, students all talk about what is happening in the school with race and other issues and how it can be solve. By requiring a class on race, diversity, and culture will allow for the students to learn about people that are different than they are and it will open up their eyes to a new perspective. I would make this class mandatory for all students

Southeast Missouri State University currently has 12 residence halls, two of which are currently community style the rest are suite style. The university currently is a home to over twenty-eight hundred students during the fall and spring semesters. Dr. Carlos Vargas-Aburto soon to be inducted on May 5th of 2016 has taken his position head on so far really promoting the diversity that is on the campus. A problem that the university is currently facing is diversity opportunities in the residence halls. The problem being that although the university promotes its diversity, it is not shown in the residence halls. Students are being forced to live with other students that are classified at their birth genders, meaning that only males can live with

For the entirety of my high school career, I have been a student in the Leadership Center for the Sciences and Engineering (LCSE) held at Norview High School. Being enrolled in this specialty program has strengthened and pushed me academically, as a leader, with public speaking, and as a service worker. Specifically, LCSE has developed my leadership skills and allowed me to become a more service-oriented leader. In the first year of the program, students take Leadership Foundations where the basics of leadership and the history of great leaders are taught. Then, in Advanced Leadership students model leadership skills by hosting holiday gatherings, being counselors for the LCSE Summer Orientation Camp, and completing 200 volunteering hours.

“If you hate high school, wait till you get to college.” This was a saying I often heard while growing up, said to myself and others, from teachers and parents. I never realized the full implication of this statement; I had assumed it was related to societies expectation that we go to school, get a degree, get a career, get married, raise 2.5 children, and do as society expects of us. However my mentor made me realize something significant: education is not a right but a privilege in our world, and even within our country there is a disparity in how much education people receive and how it benefits their lives. Revelations like this come several times a day as my mentor explains the reality of situations that I do not fully understand,

Ronald Reagan stated that, “there are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, and no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.” Mr. Reagan’s quote reminds me of the fact that as individuals, we are in control of our destiny; the only obstacle between us and our dreams, is the ones we create. It is often said that a true leader is one who leads by example; through my community service and leadership opportunities, I was able to become an example for not only youths in general, but also my community. As a female raised in the African-American community, I wanted to be an example and beacon for my community. Consequently, I became the Director of Diversity and Awareness at Palm Beach State College.

After being elected the student body president of my school, I was very excited to kick off my presidency. One of the most important tasks on my agenda was to increase our school spirit. Conroe High School is a large school with over 3,000 students who are very diverse. Alongside the senior body president, we set out to unify our school. In order to be a leader, you must be well liked and respected among the followers. One of my characteristics of my leadership capacity that I feel most proud of is my ability to get along with everyone. As a minority, athlete, and scholar, my personality and extra curricular activities, along with my membership with the STEM academy at my school, has allowed me to connect with multiple groups of people. This