The Coaler character trait of the month at Coal City Middle School focused on leadership. A good leader, school officials say, is goal oriented, honest, hard-working, willing to serve others, a good listener, a good communicator, a good decision-maker, encouraging, positive, and responsible. A good student leader can recognize that everyone has strengths and weaknesses and they affirm and utilize the strengths in the group, while also assisting in the areas of weakness.
Students recognized for being leaders were:
Sixth grade—Charly Gray and John Viano
Seventh grade—Cora Bill and Cameron Haas
Eighth grade—Kayla Kowalski and Danny Fite
Encore honorees—Ashlyn Siron and Jaxon Duke
Each of the students received a certificate and gift card.