The San Marin High School Leadership teacher saw an increased interest, with the class receiving more applicants for next year than it has in the past five years. This influx of student interest influenced Leadership teacher Liz Lloyd to divide the Leadership class at San Marin into two subclasses, Broadcasting and Events, for the 2025-2026 school year.
Lloyd hopes this decision will help to foster a drive for student impact on campus.
“All of this change wouldn’t be possible unless the students were motivated to do it,” Lloyd said. “The goal is that more students have more voice and are able to see themselves in the school.”
Principal Andy Boone emphasizes fluidity between the two classes and how collaboration is key when prioritizing tasks.
“It will be able to function like it’s one class where there’s a lot of overlap back and forth,” Boone said.
The Broadcasting course will be taught by Multimedia teacher Luis Santos, who will assist the students in directing and creating informational videos. The class’ goal will be to create a short video every other week that will be released through the San Marin Sun on Sundays and air during 4th period classes on Mondays. This will serve as a form of mass communication to the San Marin community, publishing visual announcements of the upcoming events taking place on campus and specials highlighting what the diverse student body has to offer, from clubs to sports to the performing arts.
Compared to other Marin County schools, San Marin’s lack of modernization of its leadership program’s communication has motivated the creation of the Broadcasting class.
“To be honest, we are behind the times; we rely on announcements over the intercom and posters,” Lloyd said.
The Broadcasting class hopes to spark the student population’s engagement in school events.
“I really hope that this class just puts some more spirit because our spirit has been so low since I was a freshman,” junior Izzy Gray said. “I know parents would love to see every different person that’s on our campus being represented in our videos.”
The leadership class’ goal is to make sure that every type of student at San Marin is accurately represented and included in the broadcasting material.
“The goal is that more students have more voice and are able to see themselves in the school,” Lloyd said
