Attendance Attitude Acceptance - Grade 8 check-in

 Attendance, attitude and acceptance were the central themes of the grade eight check-in, which was held on the afternoon of Friday, February 11th at WSS. Students  were reminded about the importance of school attendance and how it relates to being successful in school. Mr. Cumming offered a challenge to all grade eights to keep striving to to do their best at WSS, to get involved at school, and to attend as regularly and punctually as possible. It was announced that students with the best attendance in the coming month would awarded movies passes. Ms. Wallin and Mr. Cumming also talked about the idea of having an positive attitude at school and in life and how that can lead to greater success in school. Acceptance, the final and most important theme, was discussed. The aim was to work on building a supportive and caring community within the grade eight student population,  as perhaps they will continue on to attend WSS and ultimately will graduate together as the class of 2015.  The students then took part in a survey that was created to learn more about the strengths, the needs and the concerns of our grade eight students so that we can continue to effectively support them during their time at WSS.