Students from Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute joined West Hill secondary students to prepare for Grade 9 students scheduled to attend the new combined secondary school in September.
Seventy students were involved in a Link Crew training event yeterday at the Bluewater Outdoor Education Centre near Wiarton.
The team building and training prepares the students to welcome incoming grade nines next fall. Two more training days will be held in late August.
“It was great to see students from both schools come together to work towards a common goal,” says WHSS Link Crew coordinator Chris Ewing.
"The Link Leaders from OSCVI were very excited to connect with their new classmates to get the Link Crew process started. The students recognize that their leadership and mentoring are essential to the success of the Grade 9 class. After we dropped off the West Hill students at the end of the day, the bus was buzzing with positive energy. Our leaders had a great day connecting with the other leaders, and are very much looking forward to this process going forward," says OSCVI Link Crew coordinator Michael Harris."It was cool to meet with and get to know the West Hill leaders. They were a lot of fun to work with. I am excited for the next school year and I want to help the new students get off to a good start in September," says Graham Askwith, a Link Leader from OSCVI.
“Today we worked together with the intention of creating the best possible atmosphere for all students next year, while meeting new people and sharing ideas about what our new school could be,” says Hannah Merner, one of the student leaders.
