Students, during a family teams activity, were asked to share what they thought makes Jessie Wowk special?  Students worked with small groups of K through grade 7 students to answer the question.  Our older students helped their younger team mates by helping them to spell words or be speaking with them them and offering suggestions as to how to share their answer with words or pictures. The question was asked and students were given a blank page to respond with.  No ideas were generated as a large group.

These are some of the thoughts shared by our students.  Overwhelming students—both primary and intermediate felt that:

You can make new friends / connect with others—70 students responded

Teachers are friendly / nice / respectful –34 responded

Everyone is kind—20 responded

We have a caring PAC—59 responded

Some quotes to share:

“Friendly students”—Grade 3

“Community of people”—Grade 3

“I make the most friends and I learn a lot of things.”-Grade 2

“We have the best PAC in the countr.”y-Grade 3

“Everybody encouraging each other.”—Grade 5

“Makes me feel like home.”—Grade 5