WRMS Awards System
OBJECTIVES:
To encourage participation in all aspects of school life and to reward senior school students for their involvement in academic and extracurricular activities.
AWARDS:
In order for this system to be as fair as possible to both Distant Travel students and Residential/Local students, there will be two systems in use. The Distant Travel students’ points will be counted in a similar fashion excluding the major areas of Athletics, Theatre and Clubs. Also, this system will be extended to include students who are older than 15 years of age as of September and are still enrolled in Junior School.
How do you earn points?
by doing exactly the same things that you are doing now for your own pleasure;
by being on the honour roll(carrying an average of all your classes of higher than 70%),
by being apart of any school athletic teams,
students council,
the Otter, the Rosster, peer helpers,
by participating in residence sports and clubs,
choir and music bands, and theatre
Junior School Letter. Award is the Embroidered School Crest.
- 60 points (Residential/Local students)
- 30 points (Distant Travel students)
-points accumulated in at least 2 areas( at least 10 points in each area)
Senior School Letter. Award is the large cloth “W” with WRMS brailled in the middle.
- 120 points (Residential/Local students)
- 60 points (Distant Travel students)
-points accumulated in at least 3 areas (at least 15 points in each area)
Award of Merit. Award is the school logo on a gold pin.
- 180 points (Residential/Local students)
- 90 points (Distant Travel students)
-points accumulated in at least 3 areas (at least 25 in each area to a max. of 50).
MAJOR AREAS:
(i) Academics
(ii) Leadership
(iii) Athletics
(iv) Music
(v) Clubs
(vi) Yearbook
(vii) Theatre
AWARD PRESENTATION:
When a student has accumulated enough points for an award he or she will be notified. This award will be presented at the final assembly in June.
