hi my name is Walter I'm a leader at AV College Elementary in Raleigh North Carolina Welcome to a school where everyone is empowered to be leader hi I'm Ava and I'm Joseph hi my name is ching ching hi my name is Muhammad hello my name is Catherine hi I'm Greta and I'm Neil Welcome to our school you may pass by school and think we just an ordinary School the building itself is about 50 years old but the moment you come inside there's a whole new feeling the theme of our school is leadership our mission is to develop leaders one child at of time our mission Keeps Us focused on what's most important at our school you can be a leader in anything you want I am a leader in art I'm a leader in music I'm a leader in helping others I'm a leader in sports I'm a leader in technology we are all leaders at our school leadership is doing the right thing even when when no one is watching we are developing 21st century Citizens We're giving them a skill set one that is based on leadership de development doing the right thing um we're giving the children a set of skills that will take them through the rest of their lives we're not trying to create CEOs of companies we're trying to help students figure out what they are interested in and how to be the best in that area for me leadership is respecting others it's being a role model and doing the right things from the time we enter kindergarten until the time we graduate we are told we are leaders because we all have gifts we believe very strongly that all students possess unique gifts and talents and it's our responsibility as Educators to find out what those talents are and to nurture and develop um the children's gifts I see each child is having um something special about them that nobody else has and it's my job to help them to discover that gift and to share it with others um and I might be the only person in their life that sees that gift in them and that it's it's my responsibility to show it to them