Mission Statement:
WLA exists to serve the unique academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of students through a military-style model with a focus on leadership, self-discipline, consistency, structure, and personal growth.
Vision Statement:
WLA prepares students to become leaders and to live fulfilled lives as respectful and responsible citizens.
WLA exists to serve the unique academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of students through a military-style model with a focus on leadership, self-discipline, consistency, structure, and personal growth.
Vision Statement:
WLA prepares students to become leaders and to live fulfilled lives as respectful and responsible citizens.
How is Willamette Leadership Academy different from other schools?
WLA is a public charter school that offers a highly structured program that enforces discipline, support, and accountability in all that we do. Our cadets and staff wear uniforms, participate in regular physical activity, and grow and learn as leaders and peer mentors. Our staff and cadet leaders work collectively to support and encourage personal growth in all who attend WLA. We use military-style corrective actions to help cadets overcome barriers to productivity; these corrective actions include staff responding to negative behaviors by assigning a cadet push ups, sit ups, laps, etc. to redirect and correct unwanted behaviors. WLA also utilizes the positivity of recognition and rank as modeled in the military. Cadets who work hard and demonstrate consistently positive actions and habits earn rank and leadership opportunities throughout the school.
WLA is a public charter school that offers a highly structured program that enforces discipline, support, and accountability in all that we do. Our cadets and staff wear uniforms, participate in regular physical activity, and grow and learn as leaders and peer mentors. Our staff and cadet leaders work collectively to support and encourage personal growth in all who attend WLA. We use military-style corrective actions to help cadets overcome barriers to productivity; these corrective actions include staff responding to negative behaviors by assigning a cadet push ups, sit ups, laps, etc. to redirect and correct unwanted behaviors. WLA also utilizes the positivity of recognition and rank as modeled in the military. Cadets who work hard and demonstrate consistently positive actions and habits earn rank and leadership opportunities throughout the school.
Who attends WLA?
Willamette Leadership Academy is open to all middle and high school students who are ready to meet the challenge of a highly structured and teamwork oriented school. Our students come from a variety of backgrounds, home environments, ethnic, and financial situations, but find the unity in the structure of WLA. Our primary concern is how much effort they are willing to put into changing for their future, not where they came from. Many of our cadets chose our program for the educational structure and environment. Cadets graduate with the skills needed to enter college, vocational programs, the Armed Forces, or the workforce.