Servant Leadership
“We lead using power, authority, and influence to love and serve others because Jesus first loved and served us.”
— Mark 10:45
The past six weeks of school we have been focusing on our Servant Leader code of character. This code reflects someone who leads “using power, authority, and influence to love and serve others because Jesus first loved and served us.” We kicked off the school year with a chapel talk from our school director Bob Phelps on the story of The Good Samaritan from Luke 10:30-36. This man had compassion and acted upon it. He did not let the cost of time or money prevent him from helping and caring for this traveler.
Servant leader: Someone who puts other people’s needs before their own comfort to bring healing or to help them flourish.
So how have we been applying this concept? We have been striving for our students to cultivate a culture of putting others’ needs before our own. We watched our students go out into the community during Doulos Service week and put their education on hold to lend a hand to students at other schools. They got their hands dirty and spent hours.
Every Revolution, our teachers choose a student from each grade level they feel lives out our code of character in every day life. They are then recognized for their representation of that character trait. Friends of Franciso Mata, an 11th grader, noted that he is always willing to lend a hand in the classroom and often stays after to help the teacher clean up. Jemima, a kindergartner, serves her teacher by following instructions and encouraging her classmates to follow suit. Hanna Abad, a first grader, shows her classmates how to serve with a happy heart and shows God’s love in her actions.
The following list of students from each grade were selected by their teachers as exemplary in the character trait of “Servant Leadership”:
12 – Ysmayar Castillo
11 – Frandi Peralta (Francisco Mata)
10 – Mayelin Tiburcio
9 – Brian Abreu
8 – Frayluis Almonte
7 – Robert Castillo
6 – David Ovalle
5 – Sebastian Uribe Pina
4 – Angel David Matos Acosta
3 – Jailynne Fernandez
2 – Debora Ortiz
1 – Hanna Lara Abad
K – Jemima
