At Woodhaven we are about 'Learning How To Get Along.' It is Part 2 of our Mission. Two events this month made me feel like our school is doing a great job in this area. Our Remembrance Day Ceremony coordinated by Mrs. Dilling and hosted by Mr. Hodgson, was a class event. Our students get it. They were so very respectful of all our speakers including Cpl. and Padre Captain Brown who gave us the soldiers perspective on November 11. Delaney Humphries-Lindstrom, whose great, great uncle was John McCray the author of 'In Flanders Fields' honoured his memory with a flawless recitation of the poem. Finally, Mrs. Morris' Glee students sang an original composition for the audience. It was beautiful.
Last Friday, November 18 we had our first Woodhaven Connects celebration. It was a chance for all our students to get together to witness the good deeds they are doing in our community. Our grade 5's led by Mrs. Eisenzimmer showed us all what they did to clean up the school grounds and inside the building. Mr. Coulas and Mr. Chan led the Grade 6's in their cleaning of Central Park. They managed to turn this into a movie based on Mrs. Imeson's very artsy pictures. The Grade 7's under the guidance of Mr. Luck and the rest of the Grade 7 teaching team set up a full afternoon of activities to introduce the Grade 4's at Millgrove to our school. Once again, a movie of their exploits was made....very creative and a great way to meet our future Woodhaven students. Finally, the Alyssa Strand and Lexi Baretta of Grade 9 showed the school what the 9's had accomplished on the clothing drive. They also captured their amazing day in movie form. We will be posting our movies to YouTube in the near future.
I have great faith in the youth of today. They want to get along and are willing to work hard to find ways to do that. Great job Woodhaven!
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