Mob mentality takes over Widdifield

Story and photos by Paige Shemilt/Special to BayToday.ca

Teachers and other students at Widdifield Secondary School were thrilled to witness the first flash mob initiated by students Wednesday. The flash mob was organized by a group of students that are taking a new leadership course called IDC 4U, which is a university class.

“We take kids that have been flagged as leaders and promote their leadership skills,” explains Carol Henschel is a teacher at Widdifield who took on the course this year.

“Within the school they take on various leadership roles, so our first placement had to do with helping other students prepare for the literacy test.”

Henschel thought the flash mob would be a great way to pull a group together and see how they need to contribute equally.

Two leaders of the project are also proud of how this flash mob turned out. Josh Beamish, a grade 12 student, and Carly Collins, a grade 12 student, said they were very happy with how the final product turned out.

“So our flash mob was to help educate everyone about world hunger. Instead of doing a dance and stuff, we used pots and pans because it is relevant to hunger,” says Beamish.

“It went very smooth.”

“It was stressful, but in the end it worked out,” adds Collins.

The flash mob, which took place over the lunch hour in the school cafeteria, used powerful music and statistics to catch the attention of students and teachers and get the point across.

“It went perfectly, just as we had planned it. The hard work paid off in the end,” says Collins.

The students of this class also put together a food drive within the school with the class that brings in the most cans winning a pizza party.