Counseling and Student Services - Vision Statement

The students at Wake Young Men’s Leadership Academy (WYMLA) maximize their academic, personal/social, and career potential. WYMLA students are citizens and civic leaders who use 21st Century Skills such as creative thinking and problem-solving; communication and collaboration; global awareness; and health literacy in becoming college and career ready.  WYMLA students are life-long learners and productive citizens and are eager to share their professional and personal knowledge with their local communities and the world at large – giving back to others in multitudes the experiential learning opportunities they were afforded at WYMLA and Saint Augustine University.

Counseling and Student Services - Mission Statement

The mission of Wake Young Men’s Leadership Academy’s Counseling and Student Services Department is to provide each student comprehensive support in academic, personal, social/emotional and college and career areas. To achieve this mission, our Counseling and Student Services Department provides individual student counseling, student/parent conferences, faculty and staff consulting, classroom lessons, and evening programs.  We believe that each student has inherent value, and we seek to maximize student learning and access to equitable opportunities so each student has the knowledge and expertise to be collaborators, creators, effective communicators, and critical thinkers to be fully prepared for 21st Century challenges and opportunities.