Year 9 Student Leader: Alyssa D B

Q1. What does servant leadership mean to you?

To me, servant leadership means to put others before myself while simultaneously leading with my actions rather than just my words. I use our motto ‘Live Fully, Act Justly’ as a guide to be a servant leader, taking opportunities that are presented to me and conducting myself in a just manner.

Q2. Why did you want to be a part of the 2022 student leadership team?

I applied to be a part of the 2022 student leadership team as I wanted to make an impact on our school and positively influence my fellow peers, picking up from where past leaders left off in leading them towards righteousness.

Q3. What is your role in the leadership team? And what are your responsibilities?

My position on our student leadership team is a Year 9 Level Leader. In this role I provide a student perspective to our leadership body, giving my peers a voice in our decisions. This consequently creates a better community and environment here at CRCCS. When our team has an idea for something we want to implement at school, we seek feedback from our students. Their responses enable us to create an enticing proposal to present to the staff. If we are successful, we will work with them to achieve our ultimate goal. Every student on the leadership team is required to lead a school tour, guiding families who are interested in our College. This year, I participated in two of these tours.

Q4. What is a goal you would like to achieve this year in the leadership team?

My goal for our school is to improve it in areas others may have not thought of before. To further develop a safe, welcoming, and accepting environment for all, allowing our students to feel even more comfortable and supported. This is not a goal that I believe will ever be completed. Rather, it’s a matter that I will continue to work on in order to improve.

Q5. What is the legacy you wish to leave behind?

I want my legacy to be that I helped as many people that I possibly could in my time within the student leadership team. That I shared my knowledge and let my peers learn from my mistakes. I wish to continue to encourage my fellow students to be kind and forgiving of one another.

Q6. What are some exciting projects or proposals the leadership team are currently working on that you are passionate about? Is there something new that you would like to introduce?

We currently have several proposals in the works, one of which is the Year 9 and 10 Wellbeing Day that was created by our College Captain, Ivanka P. This concept educates our students on a variety of topics that we may not particularly cover in class. This year, I participated in two proposals, one of which I presented with a group and the other is still in development, which I am, as of this moment, producing alone.

Year 9 Student Leader: Charli N

Q1. What does servant leadership mean to you?
Servant leadership means to me that I will be a leader who will serve the community and always choose to do what’s best for the students and be an advocate for them.

Q2. Why did you want to be a part of the 2022 student leadership team?
I wanted to be a part of the leadership team next year so I can continue to serve and support the CRCCS community. I also chose to be a part of the team next year to grow as a person and continue my passion for leadership.

Q3. What is your role in the leadership team? And what are your responsibilities?
My current role is a year 9 leader, in the role I am responsible for creating new proposals, assisting in mass/assembly, hosting college tours, attending leadership meetings and working with others in the team.

Q4. What is a goal you would like to achieve this year in the leadership team?
A goal I would have achieved working in the student leadership team would be speaking in an assembly, it takes a lot to have the confidence to speak in front of an audience and I am proud to have achieved that goal. Thanks to the support from my family, friends, staff and student community I was able to accomplish this goal with full support.

Q5. What is the legacy you wish to leave behind?
I wish to leave a legacy of growth. I chose to have a legacy of growth, because it is extremely important to our lives, even more so as students and teenagers. There is so much going on in our lives and I think that every experience is a learning experience to grow from. If you talked to me this time last year you would be talking to a completely different person, over the last year I have grown and developed as a person and I couldn’t be more grateful for it.

Q6. What are some exciting projects or proposals the leadership team are currently working on that you are passionate about? Is there something new that you would like to introduce?
An exciting project that the leadership team is currently working on is a year 9 event, I am looking forward to this event as it could be a great event for our year 9s to socialise and have fun!