Leadership Trips - An Overview
Guided by the crisp fall winds, the ULS upper schooler's venture beyond their comfort zones to challenge themselves as they travel on leadership trips or perform community service. An integral part of the K-12 leadership curriculum, the trips directly teach leadership skills such as listening, clear communication, and collaboration. These odysseys enhance group dynamics, as well as the understanding of group responsibility. Each class explores the Northland on a unique adventure. Freshman canoe the Boundary Waters out of Camp Menogyn, often sighting the Canadian shore and an occasional moose. Sophomores challenge themselves climbing low and high ropes elements at Camp Manito-wish, while juniors backpack in the Porcupine Mountains along Lake Superior’s southern border.

Setting goals and forming action plans ground the students in self-reliance, interdependence, compromise, and direct experience in cause and effect. When the students evaluate their experiences, comments such as this sophomore reflection are typical, "I learned more about my classmates and myself in this week than I did all of last year. We just let down all the walls, and everybody has to pitch in and help." The seniors travel locally, serving Milwaukee and Waukesha in community-based organizations such as The Woman’s Center, La Causa Crisis Center, Saint Colleta’s Care Center, and Avalon Therapeutic Equestrian Center, just to name a few. Servant leadership broadens our senior’s understanding of the value and need for proactive and involved citizenship.

Embedded in the ULS Leadership program is the belief that leadership is an expression of one’s character. The leadership curriculum and the hallmark trips, allow students and teachers to reflect upon and practice the core principles of the ULS leader.
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