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Dear Parents,
In the past week your children have experienced some unique moments as we began our WINGMAN program at St. Ann Academy. The Wings of Light leaders and the Teacher Champions came together with trainers on Wednesday morning to refine their plans for the program that they would facilitate in the early afternoon.
After lunch, students and teacher from K through grade 8 gathered in Alumni Hall to hear from the student leaders about Wingman. Two eighth grade students, Nancy and Mairead, wrote and delivered a profound opening statement with an explanation of WINGMAN and why it is important to our school. Other Wings of Light leaders shared their hopes and dreams through artistic creations on large chart paper. These will adorn the school in the days to come.
After the kickoff in Alumni Hall, our school community was treated to a wonderful afternoon of community building games and activities out on the field. The leadership that the Wings of Light students demonstrated was truly remarkable.
The four tenets of our Wingman program are Acceptance...Compassion...Empathy...and Perseverance. Wings of Light student leaders will continue to meet with Miss Maloney, Miss Titus and Miss Pesta at lunch meetings to plan the upcoming Wingman Wednesdays which will happen every other month.
Photos of this wonderful day will be shared on the St. Ann Academy Facebook page. There is also a blog that has been written by Ian Hockley the founder of Wingman that I will share with you later this week.
I feel that our school community has been particularly blessed to participate in Wingman. I would like to thank Ian Hockley and Dylan's Wings of Change Foundation for their support.
Mrs. Griffin
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