Campbell student leads her peers in Breaking Down the Walls

Developing Down the Walls Westmont High School learner Kaylee Garcia was among trainee leaders who helped their peers from Silicon Valley Career Technical Tuition SVCTE center in the Current Down the Walls BDTW on Aug Garcia and the other apprentice leaders completed a three-hour training to prepare them to guide their peers through a full day of engagements designed to build meaningful connections More than students participated in the BDTW event organized by ignite unite What inspired me to step into this candidate leadership position was I felt it was a really great opportunity to put myself out there in a way that I wasn t really familiar with and I just felt like it was a really great chance to get to know my peers and people that I maybe kind of recognized but never got a chance to talk to otherwise Garcia noted in a release Run by the Metropolitan Development District SVCTE provides career technical schooling for high school students in Santa Clara County Mobile apps and web maturation tutor Jesus Correa who co-led the event commented the goal in bringing in BDTW was to create an opportunity for students from all of our different courses and from the -plus schools that attend SVCTE to come together in a meaningful way Correa declared candidate leaders were nominated by their teachers and staff for their leadership prospective positivity and willingness to patronage their peers Their role was crucial because they set the tone for the sessions encouraged participation and helped create a safe circumstances for honest conversations he added