DAVIDSON—The school year got off to a chilly start for staff at
Davidson School last Tuesday.
Despite warm temperatures, the school’s teachers, educational assistants and interns found themselves shivering outside in the afternoon sun having just been on the receiving end of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Davidson’s Grade 12 class stood atop the school roof and poured buckets of ice water over the heads of their teachers down below as the entire student body gleefully watched.
The Ice Bucket Challenge is a popular fund-raiser for the ALS Association that, worldwide, has raised $109.4 million for research and to support people with ALS.
The Ice Bucket Challenge was a fun ending to the first day of school in Davidson and a way for the socially conscious school community to set a positive tone for a new school year.
So far Davidson is off to a good start.
Principal Jason Low pegs initial enrolment at about 242 students, an increase from last fall’s 228 students. Davidson welcomed 18 Kindergarten students this September.
To learn more about the first day of school and enrolment numbers at area schools, please see the Sept. 8 edition of The Davidson Leader.