The Pride

 If you’ve ever had to move to a new town, taken a new job, or moved to a different school,  the “newness” can be stressful as you search to find answers or make connections.  This senario causes the same rollercoaster of emotions that many new students to the high school feel in those intial first weeks of class.  Our counseling department had a fantastic idea to assist these (new to the district) students  in making connections,  and also wanted to show them that there were other  new students that felt like they were “in the same boat”.  This week the WHS counseling department hosted a “New Student Luncheon”. We invited all the new students in (grades 9 & 10 on Tuesday and grades 11 & 12 on Wednesday) to eat lunch together and socialize with each other .  Although many of the participants blamed Ted Keller and Ron Hurst for poor weather which prevented the groups from outdoor grilling of burgers and hotdogs they still were able to enjoy a great meal that the counseling staff provided ( although its tough to beat a grilled hotdog ). The counseling staff then guided the groups through some teambuilding activities to answer questions and to introduce each other.  I heard a highly successful principal from another school district once make a statement about his school staff and students, ” we want to build relationships, to overcome obstacles“.   This is  another example of why our school system is so successful, it is demonstrated in the willingness of our staff to build faculty / student relationships. 

Welcome new WHS students and a great job by our counseling department!