by dave | Sep 9, 2014 | Recognition and Awards, School Climate, School Spirit
It seems we consistently take time to recognize those students in our school who experience success both academically and athletically. When you look at an entire school population, these two groups tend to represent a small percentage of our entire student body. In...
by dave | Sep 9, 2014 | Recognition and Awards, School Climate
Our Leadership class prepared a supper and hosted 8 veterans from the Olds Legion. We wanted to let them know that we appreciate them all year, not just in November. Also, when they come to our service for Remembrance Day we see them march in and out and we...
by dave | Sep 8, 2014 | Recognition and Awards, School Spirit
Our Student Council endeavors to promote respect and raise school spirit. To accomplish this goal, The EDSS Student Council has developed a new way of recognizing EDSS students who improve their school community. With the gracious support of Administration, Student...
by dave | Sep 7, 2014 | Recognition and Awards
The dollar stores are indispensable allies in the hunt for teacher appreciation ideas. We buy our staff two gifts a year that we try to keep in the $5 or under range. Coffee mugs, plastic apples, portfolios, pens have been our recent purchases and we do one at either...
by dave | Sep 7, 2014 | Recognition and Awards
Over the years, our school has held various end-of-year Student Activity awards assemblies; although many of these events have been “very nice”, they were not necessarily entirely successful at capturing the essence of the spirit of our school. As well,...
by dave | Aug 28, 2014 | Recognition and Awards
Selwyn House School is in Montreal and has a uniform. It is difficult to recognize students and staff with a spirit shirt, so we use “Golden Moments”. These are a pair of very nice socks that can be worn with the uniform. Golden Moments are done once a...
