Spring RYLA
High School teaches us a lot, however leadership and communicative skills are not a focus in our education system.
That's where RYLA comes in!
That's where RYLA comes in!
In order to learn to be a good leader, it is important to learn to be able to work well in a team. With that in mind, the sophomores are divided into groups of 8-10, these groups are called "family groups" and are differentiated by color. Each family group has two facilitators that are juniors that went to RYLA before. The whole conference is led by a group of senior leaders that were chosen to work closely with the adult committee for the entire year. These students have been hard at work for a year to plan and bring in amazing speakers with powerful messages to talk about things like overcoming obstacles or bettering yourself.
Everyone learns how to be ACCEPTING and UNDERSTANDING of the different people they meet throughout the weekend. RYLA enforces the importance of listening, communicating, trust and working alongside with one another. These skills can not only strengthen an individuals team work abilities, but allows them to grow into a good leader. It takes a true leader to give unconditional support, which is transcended from the students throughout the conference.
Everyone learns how to be ACCEPTING and UNDERSTANDING of the different people they meet throughout the weekend. RYLA enforces the importance of listening, communicating, trust and working alongside with one another. These skills can not only strengthen an individuals team work abilities, but allows them to grow into a good leader. It takes a true leader to give unconditional support, which is transcended from the students throughout the conference.
What makes RYLA stand out from other conferences are the motivational speakers that come and present their personal life stories with the students.
The main task of having these professional speakers come to RYLA is to ignite inspiration in each person. When the speakers imply the struggles they have faced within their own lives, it allows students to have a positive mindset that no matter what challenge they’re currently going through, they too, can accomplish whatever it is they want to pursue.
The main task of having these professional speakers come to RYLA is to ignite inspiration in each person. When the speakers imply the struggles they have faced within their own lives, it allows students to have a positive mindset that no matter what challenge they’re currently going through, they too, can accomplish whatever it is they want to pursue.
