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WAPS student recognized for t-shirt design
A Wheatley Area Public School student was recognized on Tuesday, October 25 for her winning design for the 2022-23 V.I.P. t-shirt artistic design contest.
The plaque and winning design t-shirt were presented to Jordyn Lafaive by the Wheatley Optimist Club and Special Constable Koldyk of the Crime Prevention and Community Safety Section of Chatham-Kent Police Service.
Jordyn’s design will be worn by all of the V.I.P. graduates in the public schools within the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
The V.I.P. t-shirts were sponsored by community service groups throughout Chatham-Kent including the Wheatley Optimist Club, Tilbury Kinsmen, and St. Joseph Council – Tilbury Knights of Columbus. Members of each organization attend the V.I.P. graduations to present the students with a V.I.P. t-shirt and to encourage them to be good citizens of the community.
The V.I.P. program has been very effective in establishing positive community-police relationships over the years. Students meet their V.I.P. Officer on six different occasions and build a positive rapport that can last a lifetime.
Lessons taught to students include authority and authority figures, youth and the law (shoplifting/vandalism), bike and helmet safety, bullying and making good choices (drugs). The lessons are preventive in nature and allow students to evaluate the consequences of becoming involved in negative behaviour.