Community service as curriculum in area high schools
Local high schools increasingly require or support volunteer work, linking studies with service. Wellsville High School now requires senior projects, with about 25 percent of schools nationwide mandating community service for graduation. Ottawa Middle School hosts a Thanksgiving dinner with student volunteers, while students at Pomona Williamsburg and Ottawa High School contribute through hallway painting and project help.
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Thankful list from Wellsville superintendent Denise O'Dea
Denise O'Dea, superintendent of Wellsville schools, shares a Thanksgiving reflection on gratitude. She thanks family, parents, siblings, community, country, veterans, health, home, clothes, food, and simple joys, urging others to create their own lists of thanks.
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Thanksgiving the American producer holiday
Dr. Hull argues Thanksgiving honors productive wealth creation, not guilt over abundance. He asserts America transformed wilderness into farms and stores through individual thought and effort, rebuking religious or guilt-driven views and urging celebration of personal achievement and productive giants.
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