Year 12 Leadership Conference

On the 8th of March, the Year 12 leadership team attended the Secondary Youth Leadership Conference held in the city, along with Miss Malonzo and Mr Gillogly. This event helped develop our understanding of leadership and how we could influence the minds of others. The program influences students to use their skills, knowledge and confidence to create in schools and communities. The main purpose of the conference was to inspire and educate young students to prepare them for the future ahead. Hearing the aspirations of young motivational leaders such as Wil Massara, Heather Miller, Maddie Hedderwick, who all encouraged us students to continue to build our leadership foundation with inspiring ideas. 

“If you think you can, or you think you can’t. You’re right”

You determine whether you can accomplish something or not. Our decisions depend on the choices we make.

Having a positive mindset and attitude can effectively change an individual’s perspective as it can influence their overall motives and initiatives to create a better society. Collaborating and sharing ideas amongst the other young leaders in the state has shown us that making a difference requires a lot of teamwork. This opportunity allowed us to encourage one another to speak our minds and guide others to express their own personal experiences of leadership as well as the responsibilities of being a leader. 

The highlight of the conference though, was the dance competition that we encouraged. Initially, Mihir danced his heart out to the music, and soon enough everybody participated. The most important lesson that I learned from this was to find a motivation, pursue it and strive regardless of your age. This may be for any goal, as you would want to be a better version of your previous self everyday. This experience has taught all of us that young leaders can make a change as long as we unite together and help one another to allow these changes to occur. 

Thank you to Mr Kennaugh, Mr Gillogly and Miss Malonzo for making this event possible!