Student Success Statement

                                   “Kindness is the essence of greatness.”

    

Joseph B. Wirthlin

I totally agree with what Mr. Wirthlin is saying. In order to be great you must be kind. Being kind is the way people will think highly of you. By people thinking highly of you they will think you are great. Not only that but you will also feel great. That is how kindness is the essence of greatness.

Thanksgiving Week

Over thanksgiving break something i did a lot was sleep. This was really nice to be able to sleep in and not have to wake up early for school. Other things i did was hang out with my friends which i loved. Somewhere i went during break was to the beach. I love the beach. This was probably one of my favorite things i did. It was really cold but i still loved going. Another place i went to was to shop. This is also something i liked doing so it was fun. Something else i did this break was going to two 15’s. One of them i was actually in so it was a lot of fun. There was not any new people that i met. One book i read was called Night. I had to read it for my English class but i really liked it. Something else i did was work on the homework that i had. On thanksgiving day i stayed home and had dinner with my family. It was only 4 of us but it was still fun. I loved spending time with them. We didn’t make that much food either since it was only a few of us.

                                     

William Wykeham

 

Student Success Statement

"Manners maketh man."

What he means by this is that in order to be a good respectable person you must have manners. You should act in a way towards manners with everyone. This will leave a good impression of yourself. Of course everyone wants to have a good reputation. The way you act towards people is the way they will describe you. You should also always treat others the way you’d want to be treated. This involves having manners. You wouldn’t want to be treated with disrespect from others. So in order to prevent that, you must act with respect for others. Showing manners to others is the most you can do as a stranger. Or even towards someone you do know. It represents and shows the kind of person you are.

 Student Success Statement

“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.” -Marcus Aurelius

We must never do what is not right. This is what Marcus Aurelius is trying to say. You must always choose the right because that is what’s right. He also says that if it is not true to not say it. This is like being aware of what we say. We shouldn’t say things in which aren’t true. We shouldn’t say things which aren’t true because it is like spreading rumors. That is choosing the wrong. Which we should never do. We must always be aware of our words and our actions.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and in the United States. Originally it was a day to celebrate giving thanks for the blessing of harvest. In the U.S thanksgiving day is celebrated the fourth Thursday of November. It had been celebrated as a federal holiday every year since 1863. The “first thanksgiving” was celebrated by pilgrims in the new world in 1621. In September 1620 a ship left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers. They were seeking a new home in which they could practice their own beliefs. Throughout the winter the colonists were suffering from exposure and many contagious diseases. In march they received a visit from an Abenaki Indian which greeted them. Days later he turned with another native american. They taught the pilgrims how to catch food and ways to get other food. Following this is 1621 was when the first thanksgiving occurred. The pilgrims celebrated their successful year in harvest. In 1623 the pilgrims held another thanksgiving dinner to mark the end of a long drought which threatened the year's harvest.

Reflection: I am thankful so many things in my life which are the following,

1. Family
2. Friends
3. To have a home
4. Having food
5. Education
6. Clothes
7. Good relationship with family
8. Health
9. Seeing the people i love everyday
10. Having people who guide me
11. Always having someone i can depend on
12. People i can be with on thanksgiving day

Move Forward

• stop walking out
• stop messing up property due to protests
• write petitions
• knowing the most important problems at the moment
• by speaking up about what is important and what we care about
• having schools provide better opportunities that will educate us on elections and our government 
• speak up when you don't agree with something
• change the system
• vote
• get involved in politics
• be optimistic 
• move to Canada
• forget and forgive
• learn from your mistakes
• make better choices
• plan your choices
• voice your opinion
• be more confident
• accept the fact he is president 
• stop giving huge reactions to what he says because that is what he wants
• voice your thoughts in a positive way
• help/support each other
• encourage others to vote
• help your community
• accept the outcomes
• make people feel safe
• equality for everyone
• not rely on social media for information
• respects peoples beliefs and opinions
• make smart decisions 
• choose the right 

     Student Success Statement

   “Doing what is right, fair, and honorable is more important than winning or losing.”

                                                                                             -Chick Moorman

           

There are things which are far more important than winning. Choosing the right is one of those things. When winning it is winning a prize and feeling good. But what if you won a wrong way? It’ll be in your conscious that it wasn’t right for you to win. You will think about how you could have changed that. And how it was wrong. It is way better to do what’s right.  Even if you don’t win. You will still feel good because you did what is right. Therefor it will feel right.

                                       Veteran's Day

Veteran's day is an official United States holiday in which the U.S honors military veterans. This day honors their service. It is on November 11th. It is important to show honor on veterans day because these people risked their lives for this country. They fought for it. They helped us gain rights and such. Ways to show honor is to show up to a veterans event around you. Another way is to donate to organizations which use that money to help veterans.

     

Veteran's day i think is a very important day. We are showing honor and respect to those who served this country. They risked their lives continuously for many days fighting for something. That something was our freedom. Our rights. It is the respectful thing to do, to show respect for those people. People who live in the U.S should all be grateful for those people. Those people are the ones responsible for them being able to do whatever they want and to be free.  

Student Success Statement            

 ”These are the 3 magic keys to living your life with integrity.”    

   W. Clement Stone

1. Have the courage to say no.

2. Have the courage to face the truth.

3. Do the right thing because it is right.

                                                        

I agree with this statement made by Mr.Stone. Having integrity is to be honest. Firstly, like he said, you need to have the courage to say no. If people are telling you to do something illegal with them you need to learn to say no because that is wrong. If you’re someone who can’t say no then you’ll get in a lot of trouble. Since you’ll always say yes to things even if it’s wrong. Secondly having the courage to face the truth. Not being able to face the truth will keep you in denial of a lot of things. For example you can know that something is wrong and you will deny it. Lastly doing the right. No matter what you should always do what's right. That is why it's part of having integrity.

     Student Success Statement

“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”

                                                            Proverbs 13:20

           

What this means is how if you have good friends you will be motivated and will do good things. Although if you choose to be with the wrong people then they will affect you. You will end up making the same decisions they do and follow their path. This can end really bad for example jail or end up in a hospital. If you have the right friends you can go far, with them. You can all be successful. For example if you hang out with the wrong people they can be drinking and doing drugs. They will pressure you into doing it. Or seeing them will tempt you and you will want to try it. If you hang out with the right people they will only cause good. They will be responsible and know what's wrong and what's right. They will motivate you to do good in school or sports and give you advice that will only help. This is why you have to be careful in who you hang out with and choose to be friends with. They will either be good or bad. All of you will end up the same for following each other. Either successful or not.

       Student Success Statement

                                         “The best recreation is to do good.”

                                                                              -William Penn

The best recreation is to do good. I agree with this because it's important create good. When you create good you will feel good about yourself. This makes you feel great. Doing good will also make your surroundings a much better place. It will feel good to create or recreate good because you will make yourself happy, you will create a better place to be in and you can also be helping others. When you do good you feel good.