Character Every Day

I believe great character is in the little day-to-day actions that take place. Here's a great example. Doris Buck is a wonderful cleaner at our school, We are lucky to have her. Today I asked her to sweep the sand off the asphalt off our outside basketball courts and back into the playground. She was doing this at lunch.

When I was on yard duty, I looked over and saw many of our JK - Gr. 1 students helping her sweep, shovel and transport the sand with their dump trucks. She had to go into the school to get more brooms and shovels. I was so proud of our little ones, and of Doris for letting them help.

This touching story was shared by Barb Jarvis

Principal, Sir James Dunn Elementary

Wawa

Celebrating Character & Multiculturalism

The Ben R. McMullin school community shared in a celebration of character and multiculturalism with many special events planned earlier in the school year. They continue to focus on building and enhancing a positive school culture that includes the importance of diversity and inclusion. Their high energy character assemblies involve student participation and sharing in character. Students and staff enthusiastically join in and sing along to their favourite character songs, participate in sharing a presentation of all of the many special activities they are involved in throughout the month that represent the character attribute focus and look forward to another month of good character.

In the beginning of the year, student members of the school community gave a very special presentation of traditional dance in anticipation of a successful Multicultural evening organized by the school. Community members including students, staff and parents were invited to share in an evening of Character that included traditional foods, song, dance and culture. Ben R McMullin is pleased to share more about their special Multicultural evening and their energetic character assemblies!

If you would like more information, please contact Kerry Grbich~ Character Education Special Assignment Teacher for more information.

grbichk@adsb.on.ca
or
705- 945- 7433