Student Leadership Magnet

The Student Leadership magnet program offers a focus on building leadership skills. Students have the opportunity to participate in leadership classes in 7th and 8th grade. The program aims to build a strong foundation on community, state, country and global leadership by the time they leave Sellers. With high expectations of decorum, integrity and challenging academics, Sellers students will be prepared for endless possibilities. Skills learned in Student Leadership at Sellers will assist students when they transfer to high school.

The following are innovative aspects of this program:

• Leadership development through community service activities and participation in Student Council, Leadership Ambassadors and Athletics Mentoring Program
• Magnet cohort classes with real-world collaborative learning opportunities
• Eighth grade leadership elective course that earns high school credit
• College and Career Exploration class in the 7th grade introduces students to the variety of high school pathways GISD offers. 

Requirements

• 50th percentile on reading and math achievement tests
• pass STAAR
• passing grades in core subjects
• no serious discipline issues

Qualifying students are entered into a lottery, and openings are filled in the order in which they are drawn. Qualifying incoming sixth graders from the Montessori magnet program at Herfurth and Luna may choose to continue to Student Leadership at Sellers, and they are automatically accepted before the lottery process.

Visit our Student Leadership page for additional information, qualifications, and application process.