Safe Spaces to Learn and Grow
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Wellington Exempted Village Schools believe in providing school-wide systems of support that include strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments.
A continuum of positive behavior supports for all students is implemented in areas including the classroom and non-classroom settings (such as hallways, buses, and restrooms). Abundant student-led activities helps these positive cultures to flourish, including:
- High school clubs such as National Honor Society, Friends of Rachel’s and Rachel's Challenge, Student Council, Future Farmers of America, Anime Club, Civil War History Club, SADD, and Drama Club
- Positive Behavior Intervention Supports implementation in all schools
- Dynamic Duke award for students K-8
- Student of the Month character recognition K-12
- OLWEUS Bullying Prevention Program in all schools
- McCormick Middle School honors local veterans each year
- D.A.R.E. Officer (Drug Abuse Resistance Education program) presence in all schools to support students and reinforce making good decisions
Did You Know?
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The national Rachel's Challenge program visits middle and high schools supporting its mission of making schools safer, more connected places where bullying and violence are replaced with kindness and respect; and where learning and teaching are awakened to their fullest potential.