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As the saying goes, it takes a village. For Mt. Pleasant School’s students and staff working together to build a float for this year’s Brantford JCI Santa Claus Parade, that couldn’t be more true. The dedicated group brought to life the village the school calls home in an impressive display that showed their pride as it made its way down the parade route.
Matthew Malcolm’s office door is basically always open, and there’s no such thing as an interruption.
“I fit in what I need to get done around what students need,” says Malcolm, Guidance Counsellor at Delhi District Secondary School. “No two days are the same, and if something comes up, the open-door policy means there are literally no barriers to finding a solution.”
His role requires this flexibility because students’ future successes are on the line.
This year students in the Hospitality Specialist High Skills Major program will prepare a full turkey dinner from scratch, with all of the traditional fixings and sides, as they work through a busy schedule of festive luncheons in a flurry of activity leading up to the holiday break. But the most meaningful meals will serve fellow students, and go toward making the season a little merrier for those in the community who might not otherwise experience it.
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