Our Woodhaven School Counsel is amazing. For the past four years our counsel under the direction of Mrs. Terry Mesher worked so hard to make our $250 000 playground a reality. When it opened last September it marked the final step in Woodhaven maturing into a true Middle School. It has changed our play and activity environments. A recent survey of our Grade 5 students done by the University of Alberta proved this point. The year before the playground was built 24% of our Grade 5 students felt they were active at school. The survey was done again this year and 93% of our Grade 5's see themselves as active during their school day.
Under the leadership of Mrs. Connie Hendry our current counsel is now embarking into new areas now the playground is in place. Connie and the rest of the counsel executive are most interested in supporting our school's Wellness Program. They invited teachers James Coghill (Leader of the Wellness Project) and Treena Neumann (our Health Day coordinator) to their last meeting to discuss how counsel can support their work with students. Many great ideas were kicked around and parents decided to financially support bringing in guest speakers for Health Days.
In a bold move, the parents also decided to support Healthy Living by providing our students with a nutritious 'Grab and Go' breakfast so students have the fuel in their bodies to learn in the morning. They also decided to do so at no cost to the kids. We tried this for the first time on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Karen Hudson, our Volunteer Coordinator reported that she served approximately 50 students home made granola bars, muffins and apples. Most importantly, she was impressed by the gratitude expressed by all those who picked up something to eat.
If I haven't been clear about this in the past, let me be so now. Our parents ROCK! Thank you so much.
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