WELLNESS
The Wellness Committee
The Wellness Committee focuses on the well-being of the WCI community, both inside the WCI building and throughout our school community. This year, our top priorities include amplifying student voices, increasing participation in events and fundraisers, and raising school spirit.
Wellness Directors
Izzy Aylsworth
Hey Vikes! I'm Izzy, and I am so excited to be one of your 2023/24 Wellness Directors! I am in Grade 11, and is my second year of leadership. I look forward to making this year amazing!
Sara Keshavarzi-Valdani
Hey Vikes! My name is Sara and I'm a grade 11 student in my second year of Leadership. I'm one of your 2023/2024 Wellness Directors, and I'm so excited to see what this year brings!
Claire de Koning
Hey WCI Vikings! My name is Claire and I am in gr 11 and second year of leadership. I am so excited to be one of your 2023/2024 Wellness Directors! Let's make this year great vikes!
Maya Tremblett
Wellness Events
Viking of the Week
A chance to spotlight some of the amazing students inside our school who often go unnoticed.
Once a week through nomination, 1 student is selected to be featured on WCI social media and on our Viking Of The Week photo gallery!
Click the nomination button below to nominate a student!
Holidays are for Helping
WHEN? DECEMBER
Holidays Are For Helping is a school-wide event lasting the month of December! The goal is raising money/items for local organizations such as charities, homeless shelters and more!
Relay for Life
WHEN? EVERY OTHER MAY
Relay For Life is a student body favourite for events! This event takes place over an evening period, team members take turns walking laps of the track to demonstrate the never-ending battle with cancer. Each team raises as much money as they can, and in the end our school donates all funds to the Canadian Cancer Society for further cancer research!
Staff Breakfast
WHEN? DECEMBER
The Wellness Committee and other ABCD members come into school and cook breakfast for our staff as a way to say thank you!
Recycling
WHEN? EVERY FRIDAY
Your Wellness committee sorts through and recycles each classroom's bins during first period!
Anti-Bullying Week
WHEN? NOVEMBER & FEBRUARY
School-wide events such as assemblies, pink shirt day, and random acts of kindness are run to raise awareness AND put a stop to bullying.
Orange Shirt Day
WHEN? SEPTEMBER
A day when students and staff wear orange as a way to raise awareness and educate ourselves about native residential schools and the impact they had on the indigenous community.
Nutrition For Learning Fundraiser
WHEN? APRIL
A fundraiser to support our Nutrition for Learning Program, a program that has the goal of ensuring no students go to school hungry.
Clothing Drives
WHEN? THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Students bring in gently used clothing to give back to our local community. As a way to get students excited, we run competitions between homerooms to see which class can donate the most! Winning class gets a surprise!
Treat or Eat
WHEN? OCTOBER
A school-wide food drive in order to support our local Food Bank! Bring in canned food items to donate.
Mental Health Month
WHEN? MAY
Fun activities that promote mental health and positivity!
Stress Buster Week
WHEN? FEBRUARY & JUNE
Leading up to exams, life can get stressful for students. This week is a way to help students de-stress for their upcoming exams!