Wee Wildcats
Elie Straub, Editor in Chief
December 12, 2011
Filed under Features, News, Top Stories
On Saturday morning, December 3rd, Kim Doyle, Director of Community Relations, and student volunteers led the fourth annual Wee Wildcats event. This event gives Westminster faculty with children under the age of 10 the opportunity to drop their kids off for free childcare and spend the morning doing whatever they please. It was held at Covenant Christian School.
There were around 40 Wee Wildcats that attended the event. The older kids capable of walking played four square, pulled each other on rolley seats, played tag on the playground and tossed footballs with volunteers while the littler ones mostly stayed in the nursery downstairs. The gym was open for free play where most of the kids played the whole time, but some also made crafts and went outside on the playground.
One of the reasons why many students signed up for Wee Wildcats was to get service hours for National Honors Society. Members of NHS are required to spend 15 hours per semester participating in service work, and this proved to be a great opportunity to take advantage of.
“I wanted to do Wee Wildcats because I love kids and it seemed like a fun and easy four hours of service hours. I loved getting to know the kids and I’m practically a kid at heart so I fit right in. We used our imaginations and talked in different accents,” said Emma Bailey, sophomore.
According to Valerie Chavez, junior, the event was also a fun experience for student volunteers because getting to know the teachers’ kids can be funny.
“The main reason I wanted to go is because I thought Mr. Burke’s son was going to be there and I love him! But he wasn’t and it was still fun. I played with Señor Legters’s kids and we played football and soccer mostly. They were really good. All the kids were so cute and I love running around, and since kids love to do that too, it worked out pretty well,” said Chavez.
There were around 40 Wee Wildcats that attended the event. The older kids capable of walking played four square, pulled each other on rolley seats, played tag on the playground and tossed footballs with volunteers while the littler ones mostly stayed in the nursery downstairs. The gym was open for free play where most of the kids played the whole time, but some also made crafts and went outside on the playground.
One of the reasons why many students signed up for Wee Wildcats was to get service hours for National Honors Society. Members of NHS are required to spend 15 hours per semester participating in service work, and this proved to be a great opportunity to take advantage of.
“I wanted to do Wee Wildcats because I love kids and it seemed like a fun and easy four hours of service hours. I loved getting to know the kids and I’m practically a kid at heart so I fit right in. We used our imaginations and talked in different accents,” said Emma Bailey, sophomore.
According to Valerie Chavez, junior, the event was also a fun experience for student volunteers because getting to know the teachers’ kids can be funny.
“The main reason I wanted to go is because I thought Mr. Burke’s son was going to be there and I love him! But he wasn’t and it was still fun. I played with Señor Legters’s kids and we played football and soccer mostly. They were really good. All the kids were so cute and I love running around, and since kids love to do that too, it worked out pretty well,” said Chavez.
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