Willowbrook recognizes Human Relations Award recipients
Nearly 250 Willowbrook students were recently honored with the school’s Human Relations Award. Click the video above to view a message of congratulations from Willowbrook Principal Dr. Daniel Krause.
Students who receive this award are recognized for their attention to cultural diversity and human dignity and for reinforcing that behavior in all they do for Willowbrook and surrounding communities. Recipients are nominated by Willowbrook staff members for their outstanding character, sense of others and selfless behavior. To see a list of the 2019-20 Human Relations Award recipients, go to https://www.dupage88.net/site/public/files/?item=5126.
Criteria to be nominated for the Human Relations Award include (but are not limited to):
- Reaching out to younger students and encouraging them to get involved and to be good students
- Volunteering to be the lab partner for a newcomer and helping that student daily
- Exhibiting genuine care and concern and always being willing to tutor or help students
- Providing assistance to a teacher in working with classmates
- Regularly assisting students and staff
- Showing genuine concern for others and befriending them, regardless of their socioeconomic background
- Demonstrating a strong belief about human rights and caring through exemplary service
- Working to promote human relations (an example would be befriending residents of a nursing home)
- Going above and beyond to prevent harassment of others and giving support to students who have been put down
- Always being open, honest and friendly to all students and striving to see students as individuals
- Contributing outstanding service to the community