Campbell student leads her peers in Breaking Down the Walls

"Westmont High School student Kaylee Garcia was among 25 student leaders who helped their peers from Silicon Valley Career Technical Education (SVCTE) center in the Breaking Down the Walls (BDTW) on Aug. 29. Garcia and the other student leaders completed a three-hour training to prepare them to guide their peers through a full day of activities designed to build meaningful connections. More than 100 students participated in the BDTW event, organized by ignite2unite."

"What inspired me to step into this student 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 said in a release."

Twenty-five student leaders completed a three-hour training to guide more than 100 peers through a full day of Breaking Down the Walls activities designed to build meaningful connections. The event took place on Aug. 29 and was organized by ignite2unite. SVCTE, run by the Metropolitan Education District, provides career technical education for high school students in Santa Clara County and serves students from 45-plus schools. Teachers and staff nominated student leaders for leadership potential, positivity and willingness to support peers. Student leaders set the tone, encouraged participation and helped create a safe environment for honest conversations. The initiative aimed to bring students from different courses together in a meaningful way.

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