Mission

As a member of the Wake County Public School System, Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy will provide a relevant and engaging education and will graduate Outstanding Women Leaders who are collaborative, creative, effective communicators, and critical thinkers.

Vision

All Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy students will be prepared to exceed their potential and lead productive lives in a complex and changing world; as college-ready, career-focused, young women who are ready to lead, learn, and serve their communities.

Core Beliefs

We commit to the mission, vision, and values of Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy, as well as the core beliefs of the district, for every Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy student. 

• Every student is uniquely capable and deserves to be challenged and engaged in relevant, rigorous, and meaningful learning each day.

• Every student is expected to learn, grow, and succeed while we eliminate the ability to predict achievement based on socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity.

• Well-supported, highly effective, and dedicated principals, teachers, and staff are essential to success for all students.

• The Board of Education, superintendent, and all staff, while sustaining best practices, will promote and support a culture of continuous improvement, risk-taking, and innovation that results in a high-performing organization focused on student achievement, well-being, and student agency.

• The Board of Education, superintendent, and all staff value a diverse school community that is inviting, respectful, inclusive, flexible, and supportive.

• The Wake County residents value a strong public school system and will partner to provide the support and resources to fully realize our shared vision, accomplish the mission and sustain our core beliefs.

• All students and staff deserve to work in optimal learning environments supported by sufficient resources, well-maintained facilities, and sustainable operational systems.

Value Statements

Leadership: By accepting responsibility for our decisions and actions, leading future generations who demonstrate integrity in all they say and do, and by showing respect for the sincerity, diversity, and creativity of others.

Learning: By challenging ourselves and others to excel each day, and empowering ourselves and others to achieve.

Service: By collaborating with our sisters and staff  to create a successful school while also being dedicated to serving our communities.

Staff Creed

We are educators of outstanding women leaders.

We commit to our school’s mission and vision for every Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy student.

We support, enrich, and empower young women to become learners and leaders in local and global environments.

We prepare young women for life-long learning through rigorous instruction.

We celebrate diversity and foster an environment of respect for all.

We collaborate with our students, parents, community members, and each other to create a successful school.

With pride and dignity, we are Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy.