WHY AM I RUNNING?
-Represent you, our children, and our strong WT community
-Advance WTS mission of providing a quality education in world-class schools
-Foster cooperative relationships between the community staff and administrators
As a student at North Central, I always wanted to be a voice for our students and involved. I came from an out of district middle school and didn’t have the advantage that most North Central freshman have by attending a district middle school. However, that didn’t stop me! I immediately got involved.I was the first sophomore to serve as a Panther Quest Facilitator. During my junior and senior years at NC, I participated as a student representative for North Central’s PL221 Committee; this was an invaluable experience and helped me understand as a high school student, the inner workings of public schools, education policy, and school improvement.
These classroom and educational leadership were gifts to me then and now,. I want all of WTS students to experience the same in their classes and schools.
I’m sure you can conjure your own memories of school – the smile your favorite teacher greeted you with each day, the playground where you mastered the monkey bars, the eraser residue lining your algebra quiz, the smell of the chemistry lab after an eventful experiment, the feeling of walking into a cafeteria when you were “the new kid.”
Outside of the home, school is where childhood happens. It’s where children learn to navigate relationships, to juggle responsibilities, to consider complex ideas, to test their limits, and to find their passions. It’s a place where children of different places, races, religions and backgrounds learn from the past, make sense of the present, and prepare for the future.
I believe all children deserve an education that imparts honesty about who we are and integrity in how we treat others. Children are not passive beings to be molded; they are individuals who deserve the freedom to learn and boldly pursue their dreams.
That’s why I can confidently say that WTS has some of the most talented, dedicated educators I’ve seen. Our community and our children are lucky to benefit from their passion and expertise – we should trust them to serve our students and their best interests.
As a regular WTS School Board meeting attendee and School volunteer, I have noticed an increase in partisan rhetoric when discussing academics, programs and ways in which we can best support our students in WTS. I firmly believe supporting our public schools is not a partisan issue and our children deserve the best opportunities to find success; academically, socially and developmentally.
That’s why I’m running: to represent you, our children, and our communityJoin me.