WKHS has about 60 students who are new to the district. Many of them are from within Ohio, but we also have new students from as far away as Venezuela - not to mention our foreign exchange students who come from several different countries across the world. Each of these students brings knowledge of their past communities that will strengthen and enrich our school.
It was wonderful to talk to the students and hear about their old schools. I was jealous of one who said their day started at 9:15 and ended at 4:00 - since I'm not a morning person that sounded pretty amazing to me. A few students talked about the fact that their old schools were mostly outdoors - and didn't have indoor hallways, etc. (granted those schools were in Florida and California!) A few of the new staff members also joined us for the breakfast and the crazy part was that both of them were WKHS graduates.
I am thankful to come to work at WKHS every day and as I talked with these newest Kilbourne Wolves, I was excited that they are a part of our school because they have so much to contribute and I was overwhelmed with pride - not only in the way that these students have overcome the challenges involved with adjusting to a new school, but also with pride for how the students and staff have welcomed the new students.
On the bulletin board in the library there is a map with pins representing where some of our new students have moved here from and I will be printing pictures of our new students to put with the maps. Be sure to check it out and if you haven't had a chance to meet any of the new students - try to take a moment and find one of them in your classes, lunch, sports, or clubs and welcome them to WKHS.
(Sorry for the duplicate e-mail - I had been working on this post still when it sent out and I wasn't quite ready for it to go. :-) I know it happens, but I didn't want to fill your inbox inappropriately.)
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