The Final Beginning

So far this year in Leadership has been a great experience. In such a short amount of time we have accomplished so much from Homecoming Float to running social media pages for the school, and to just everyday Leadership life, both inside and outside of school. I feel that this year we are really making in difference in our  De Anza Community and raising our school spirit to heights that this school has never been to and that's something for all of us in our community to be very proud of.

One of the biggest projects we have done and will do this whole year is our Homecoming Floats that each class does. Float is a huge tradition here at De Anza and is something that is not taken lightly. It was countless hours of long, tedious work that took up essentially every day and every night, with weekends turning into all-nighters of full on fluffing and folding all types of napkins. It may not seem like the most glorious thing, all the hard work, but the connections you make and that special moments you share with your classmates is something I wouldn't trade for anything. I remember sitting there at 3 o'clock in the morning among all my friends that were left there thinking, "Wow. This is it. This is the last time we're all going to be spending time like this together." It really hit me in that moment how special and unique the experience of, not only making an incredible piece of art in our float, but having the opportunity to make these powerful bonds with people I may not see at all in the span of a year. It's truly something I will cherish for a very long time.

The main thing that I do in Leadership this year is running the social media pages and doing the announcements for De Anza. It may not seem like the biggest job but I feel like it is making a big impact on our school community. Keeping on top of the social media pages is no easy task with all the events and activities that go on inside and outside of the school. The reason I feel that it makes such a big impact within our community is when I see activity on the pages beyond the students in De Anza and see middle school students commenting that they're excited to come to this school or alumni saying that they are proud of what the school is doing. And we are doing really great things at De Anza these days and that is a tradition that I hope continues for decades to come.