ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Wiscasset High challenges Boothbay Region High

Thu, 09/18/2014 - 5:30pm
Wiscasset High School ice bucket challenge
Wiscasset High School Principal Cheri Towle, just having taken the ice bucket challenge herself, stands in front of students taking it on Sept. 17. Courtesy Wiscasset High School.

On Wednesday, Sept. 17, Wiscasset High School raised more than $250 dollars to the ALS Therapy Development Institute. Students, teachers, and staff donated all day long. The student council also helped organize an ice bucket challenge.

Students who participated in the challenge brought buckets from home. Student council members filled those buckets up at the end of the day. Student Council President Ridge Barnes and member Erica Auger kicked off the challenge by dumping an ice bucket on Principal Cheri Towle.

They also challenged Boothbay Region High School, WGME’s Jeff Peterson, who came to Wiscasset High last school year for the Spirit Challenge, and Sarah Ricker, our athletic director.

The school is focusing on building a strong community foundation as well as building aspirations in students after high school.  Towle believes that by creating a strong school culture and including students in community events, students become engaged in their learning, thus increasing graduation rates. 

Video courtesy of Wiscasset High School.

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