Leadership Curriculum
The Young Leaders Program has developed innovative classes that guide students in their leadership development through project-based learning.
In these classes, students put leadership skills into practice through participating in personal growth challenges, planning and implementing group service projects, creating and operating a small business, conducting ethical research, and planning their financial futures.
All Classes
Fundamentals of Leadership
In Fundamentals of Leadership, students will be challenged to lean into their fears and to begin identifying, verbalizing and honing their unique skill sets and developing practices that will shape them into excellent students and leaders.
- Grade 09
Service in Action
Service in Action introduces a foundation for how to lead to get extraordinary results.
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Emerging Entrepreneurs
Emerging Entrepreneurs is an introduction to entrepreneurship supported by materials from the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania.
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Personal Finance Management
Personal Finance Management provides students with a solid foundation in all aspects of personal finance.
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
- AP
AP Seminar
AP Seminar is an interdisciplinary course that encourages students to demonstrate critical thinking, collaboration, and academic research skills on topics of the student’s choosing.
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
- AP
AP Research
Build on what you learned in AP Seminar to deeply explore an academic topic, problem, or issue of individual interest.
- Grade 12
Recent Class Projects
Our Emerging Entrepreneurs business, Sip ‘n Swirl, set up shop at St. Thomas and were able to sell their customizable sodas to increase their giving to the Texas Children’s Hospital.
Our Freshmen Leading with Character and Academics Class ventured to Catholic Charities Mamie George Community Center for a day of service where they greeted and engaged the elderly, distributed food through the drive up line, restocked the warehouse, and learned about all of the ways the center assists the community. This day ties into the Servant Leadership Unit that the freshmen are learning about in their leadership class.
Our Freshmen Leading with Character and Academics Class ventured to Catholic Charities Mamie George Community Center for a day of service where they greeted and engaged the elderly, distributed food through the drive up line, restocked the warehouse, and learned about all of the ways the center assists the community. This day ties into the Servant Leadership Unit that the freshmen are learning about in their leadership class.
Students wait in line to order from our Emerging Entrepreneurs business, 609 Coffee Street.
Our Emerging Entrepreneurs business, Sip ‘n Swirl, set up shop at St. Thomas and were able to sell their customizable sodas to increase their giving to the Texas Children’s Hospital.
Students wait in line to order from our Emerging Entrepreneurs business, 609 Coffee Street.
Our Emerging Entrepreneurs business, Sip ‘n Swirl, set up shop at St. Thomas and were able to sell their customizable sodas to increase their giving to the Texas Children’s Hospital.
