Webster City Middle School held CHARACTER COUNTS! for World Peace Week on March 17-21, 2003. Highlights included:
Monday — Classroom doors bore decorations for the CHARACTER COUNTS! for World Peace theme. Each grade had a 15- minute assembly, and later the seventh and eighth grades hosted military personnel from Fort Dodge.
Tuesday — The seventh and eighth grades hosted military personnel from Fort Dodge.
Wednesday — A military helicopter landed north of the middle school and provided tours. A seventh and eighth grade pops concert took place at WCMS.
Thursday — High school students joined the students for lunch, and the school hosted the “Game of Takor Demonstration.”
Friday — The whole day focused on CHARACTER COUNTS! for World Peace. In the morning, many individuals with international backgrounds spoke on the Six Pillars. In the afternoon events stressed appreciation for our world, hope for peace, and helping others. They included “A Taste of the World,” with 12 stands featuring international cuisine; “Enjoying the World Through the Arts,” a theatrical and musical performance by high school students; and “Partnering With the Elementary Students,” in which students traveled to elementary schools and created a CHARACTER COUNTS! world arts project, sang songs, and read a book.