“We’re trying to incorporate a new sense of community throughout the school,” stated Rachael Waldron, the 2011-2012 Head Girl of Saltus Grammar School. “As a team [of head and deputy head prefects] we work to evoke a sense of Saltus Pride. We find that some children are just here …”“They think of this just as a school, not as a family,” interjected Head Boy, Nicholas Barton.With a campus of three distinct sections, the two SGY2 students explain, one completely separate, there’s a sense of dislocation. They aim during their term of office to involve the student body in more school-related events as a whole and to get the school out in the community more.Both see their new positions as just one more aspect of their involvement in student leadership, and convey a strong sense of responsibility for their roles, for which they completed a rigorous selection process.Rachael joined Saltus in Year 7, having graduated from Gilbert Institute where she was Head Girl in her final year. Nick has been at Saltus since Year 1, and explained, “I’ve always been kind of involved in student leadership. I’ve been a prefect, on the student council, stuff like that.”“ I enjoy being able to help organise things, make the school a better place,” the 17-year-old continued. “It’s very rewarding when you organise something and people tell you how much fun they had.”His leadership role continues beyond the school day, as he is a leader in the 19th Bermuda Cub Scout Pack based in the Centennial Church Hall in Smith’s parish. He has also recently joined the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade because, he noted: “One of the things I’m considering as a career choice is medicine. It’s also nice to help people when they’re not feeling so great.”Rachael is also considering a medical career though in veterinary science. She’s “starting domestic,” but added, “who knows what the future holds? I might branch out to wild animals or even marine, as my favourite animal is the dolphin.”For the moment though, Rachael is developing her affinity for animals as a Junior Volunteer at the SPCA on Saturday mornings when she cleans cages, does laundry and socialises with the cats. She’s mad keen on sports too. The Saltus House house captain represents the school in netball, football, volleyball and softball, and is a swimming instructor for Aquamania.She does, however, have a ‘softer’ side, and is active in the Praise Team and liturgical dance group at her church, The Greater Smith’s Hill New Testament Church of God.This summer she was chosen to be a member of the Troika Players and performed in “Work in Progress No. 3: Misunderstood” where she got to “sing and dance and even a bit of acting.”Nick has an eclectic taste in music, enjoying everything, “even classical,” but is single-minded about sport.Squash, he declared, “is my main passion in life,” and it is not unusual for him to play every day after school. Maybe not surprising, given their career choices, Math is the favourite subject of both.For Rachael, “even though there’s more than one way to get an answer, there’s always a precise answer. I like solving puzzles, and you’re always learning something new.”“I’m a sciency person,” Nick explained, “and Math is the language of the sciences. Besides that, I enjoy exploring the little esoteric, abstract bits that you won’t use in real life, stuff that doesn’t have real-world applications, just ‘cos it’s kinda fun.”The pair are looking forward to their term as head prefects, confident they have the backing of staff and students in creating a more cohesive, community-minded school.