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Student speakers spotlight resilience and community at Virginia Beach leadership conference
Summary
Student hosts and a student video delivered messages about leadership, gratitude and community—'Be somebody who makes everybody feel like somebody'—which the superintendent cited as evidence the division's work is reaching students.
A rising senior from Kellum High School, Natalie Clatterbuck, welcomed conference attendees and described school pillars—leadership, unity and integrity—telling administrators the work they do "reaches far beyond your office doors." A later student video featured a graduation-style speech urging peers to 'be somebody who makes everybody feel like somebody' and to value everyday moments.
The superintendent singled out the video as evidence of the division's 'ripple' effect and said the themes of resilience, connection and owning one's journey were exactly what the division aims to foster. "This video is evidence that the ripple that we've been talking about is present in our students," he said.
