Emma Celebrates Student Leadership

A Collage showing singing, students and parents in classrooms, students talking, and living wax museum characters.

By Tim Reaves
BCS Communications Department

Emma Elementary School showed its pride during Tuesday’s Leadership Day.

Emma is the only elementary school in the county to exceed expected academic growth five years in a row, and its Leader in Me program is in its second year. On Tuesday, students, faculty, and families celebrated those successes with songs, classroom visits, a living wax museum, and a parade of the 21 countries represented at the school.

“I know what it’s like to be a leader,” said fourth-grader and class president Julia Darity. “It’s being a role model. It’s having responsibilities. Leaders have to stand up and do what’s right, even if it’s hard.”

Emma, and other Leader in Me Schools, aim to make every child a leader at school and at home by involving them in their own personal and educational growth.

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