VIDEO: Meet the Heroes of Wolf Hill School

Monday's Oceanport Board of Education meeting recognized several students and faculty for demonstrating heroic behavior in the months of October and November.

Wolf Hill Principal Melanie Lipinski explains:

In the beginning of the year, we kicked off our theme of "Be a hero at Wolf Hill School" by discussing the meaning of an everyday hero. Being a H.E.R.O. means to help, encourage, and respect others.

Each grade level selects one student each month and a faculty member to be designated as a "hero." Heroes are recognized at the monthly whole-school morning meetings with the entire school community as their supportive audience. We announce why the heroes are recognized, how they have helped, encouraged, and supported others, and they receive their medal of honor.

The morning meetings are centered around a positive character trait or meaningful message. For example, last Friday's November morning meeting focused around the concept of "thankfulness." 

One grade level performs a song to conclude the morning meeting each time. This month, the second grade sang a song titled, "One Bright, Happy Day," in English AND sign language!

These morning meetings celebrate the whole child and highlight academic and non-academic accomplishments to provide our students with the support they need to feel successful.   

Since we have initiated the H.E.R.O. campaign, we have honored 21 heroes!

Wolf Hill's heroes for October and November are:

Preschool: Stephen Molnar/Ava Caputo
 
Kindergarten: Amanda McMillan/Riley Lawrence
 
1st: Nicholas DiNapoli/Jack Murphy
 
2nd: Lucas Scerbo/Gracie Smith
 
3rd: Krissy Birdsall/Chris Kessler
 
4th: Jake Shirley/Sunny Huang
 
Faculty: Mrs. Keenan and Mrs. McCarthy

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