Unity

This month, our virtue focus is on Unity.   Unity is what allows us to be together, work together, and be better together.  It is how we interact as a "school family" and how we invite others into our world.

At the beginning of January we had the great opportunity to welcome ten international students to our school.  These students are from Korea and are here for only a few months to gain some understanding of our culture and to practice their language skills.  Here we are two weeks later and these students have made friends and are completely immersed in school life.  These opportunities to meet and befriend others from around the world help to show that the differences we have are not that great and they serve to unite rather than divide.

Unity also means that we are able to work and play together respectfully and responsibly.  Our students continue to show this on a daily basis at David Cameron.  Last week on one of the many rainy days we have been having lately we had  the students inside during lunch and had the chance to use our new "Rainy Day" plan.  Students were able to select from a variety of games and activities that were dispersed throughout the hallways around the library.  Students played with friends, little buddies, and siblings and without a single problem.  At the end of the lunch period, everyone cleaned up what they were doing and returned to their classrooms to eat.  What a great show of unity.  If we didn't have everyone working together to make this a success it could have easily been a disaster with over 300 students in a fairly small area.

It is examples like these that make our school such an incredible place to be.  It also shows that learning takes place not just in our classrooms but in the everyday interactions between people.  Way to go David Cameron!