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Terry Fox Launches a New Positive Behaviour InitiativeOn January 9 th , 2012 after a well-deservedholiday break, the students at Terry Foxtook part in an assembly to launch theirnew Positive Behaviour Initiative. Studentsfrom Kindergarten to Cycle 3 have beendivided into four houses (Thunder,Fearless Foxes, Extreme Energy and theSpectaculars) and have opportunities towork both together and as individuals toearn points for their team. They wereeach given a silicone bracelet thatcorresponds with their team’s colourthat says “Proud Terry Fox Student”,which many of them wear daily. Whenthey are awarded aPositive BehaviourTicket, they cometo the office to adda coin to theirteam’s collectionbox. Twicebetween now andJune, a winningteam will beselected toparticipate ina rewardactivity.At the end ofJanuary, weaskedstudents tosport theirteam’s colouron our monthly dress-down day. During an assembly on that day,students broke out into groups to learn their teams’ cheers thatwere written ad created by the teachers. At the end of the assembly,each team had the opportunity to present their cheer to theirpeers. As of today, the teams are all doing exceptionally well, withmore than 200 points each! We look forward to seeing the smilingfaces visiting the office every day at recess andlunch to show us their Positive BehaviourTickets and deposit their coins in their teams’boxes.SIR WILFRID LAURIER SCHOOL BOARD Page 36 VOLUME 3 · ISSUE 3 · March 2012