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Wakefield Country Day School students
act out Wakefield
Courtesies
This week’s WCDS assembly began with over 20 students announcing their intentions to run for class representative positions within the school’s student government structure.
Each candidate came to the podium and stated his or her name and grade level, and c onfirmed that he or she wanted to represent that grade level in student government.
Then each grade, beginning with first, came to the stage to enact one of the Wakefield Courtesies — a longstanding tradition of the school, enumerated in the Wakefield Parent/Student Handbook.
The guidelines state in part, “Wakefield Country Day School students are expected to conduct themselves as young ladies and gentlemen at all times.
Since disorderly conduct, bad manners, and rude behavior are not in keeping with the spirit of the school, all students need to be intimately familiar with the rules and courtesies observed at the school.”
Acting out the Wakefield Courtesies not only helps remind everyone about longstanding school policies, it also provides an opportunity for students to speak clearly and confidently in front of an audience, a skill they begin developing in preschool at
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