Torch - Spring 2018

Feature Story

SUPPORT FROM ALL SIDES Boosting wellness at Havergal

By Suzanne Bowness

A sk a Havergal student what community, friends and support. Of course, that looks different in every grade. When kindergartener Emily Aggarwal points to a picture of her parents and siblings in her classroom’s Family Book , you see where support begins at home. And you only need to hear Grade 6 students Hannah Lee and Emily Zhao finish each other’s sentences in discussing their joint project to realize the importance of supportive friendship. Grade 12 students Alex Salom and Sarah Zhao share stories with an easy rhythm and you see the importance of peer she likes about her school and top answers include words like

support in achieving a common goal like the Tokens 4 Change fundraiser. In all these stories, a sense of active community support rings through. Havergal’s current strategic plan Havergal 2020: Our Vision is Limitless formalizes and reaffirms the school’s commitment to support students in every way: by encouraging balance, belonging and engagement. But it’s in the informal stories of goals accomplished and projects in progress that this mission comes to life, how the spectrum of initiatives that reveal support, including physical, emotional, social, mental, cognitive and spiritual, is all around.

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