Leaders of the Pack Program Graduates

A group of 28 Year 10 students recently completed the Leader of the Pack Program, run by the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation. 

The program ran for 12 weeks, with the students getting involved in workshops, team-building activities and ice-breaker games to get to know each other. 

We had guest speakers who engaged the students in conversations about mental health, goal setting, financial literacy and gender equity. 

The students commended for giving up their Big Breaks to be part of the program and we look forward to seeing the leaders they will become.

Carolyn Howard, Learning Support Officer, Abraham Jongroor, Community Liaison Officer and Emily Galofaro, EAL coordinator

Student reflections

My initial thoughts on the program were just to join because it would look good on my resume. The program was better than I expected. The topics covered were entertaining yet easy, but enough to get me thinking about all sorts of things. I also gained good experience and recommend this to other peers. Goch 

As I kept attending, the topics that we talked about really gained my interest. I enjoyed talking about different aspects of life. This program helped me understand that being a man does not mean being tough and violent, and it’s okay to express my feelings. Alex

I enjoyed all the different activities that took place during the program. Furthermore, it has helped me develop better habits such as getting more sleep after we learned about mental health. Ekam