选择毅力作为金乔治学校的每月美德并非偶然。学生们有许多值得注意的榜样来激励他们发展这一根本的品质。在12月1日，学校非常高兴迎来了卡尔加里火焰队前锋亚历克斯·夏萨勋（Alex Chiasson）参加月度集会。这位来自蒙特利尔的曲棍球选手用法语讲述了自己对毅力的体验，向家长和学生解释，为了实现自己的目标，有时候必须做出牺牲，比如在其他人放松或玩乐时训练和练习。观众中的学生、教职员工和家长们亲眼目睹了这位曲棍球英雄和毅力的结合，他们与金乔治的一名一年级教师一起组成球队，接受了与一位职业曲棍球选手一起打自己最喜欢的运动的挑战。

在这个集会上，除了夏萨勋外，还有另一个英雄受到了表彰。金乔治的二年级学生贾德Jade一直在与脑癌作斗争。她也是一位展示了令人难以置信的毅力的金乔治英雄，因为她正在接受化疗治疗。尽管贾德无法离开医院，但她的母亲乔斯林参加了集会，并录制了一段视频，记录了贾德的老师、同学和学校社区对这位八岁女孩每天都表现出来的力量和坚韧的致敬。唱着《全世界的快乐》（Tout la Bonheur du Monde）这首歌，贾德的老师阿莱克西·休伊特（Alexi Hewitt）希望传达出“我们都在向她发去最美好的祝愿。我们希望她知道，我们都是她的队友。”受到她的故事的感动，曲棍球来宾亚历克斯·夏萨勋捐赠了一件签名球衣，学校家长委员会还推出了一个众筹网站，用于接受捐款。

It was no mistake that perseverance was chosen twice as King George School’s virtue of the month. The students have had a number of notable role models to inspire them to develop this fundamental character trait. On December 1st the school was delighted to welcome Calgary Flames forward Alex Chiasson to their monthly assembly. The Montreal-born hockey player spoke in French about his experience with perseverance, explaining to parents and students that working hard towards his goals sometimes involved sacrifices, such as training and practicing when everyone else was relaxing or out having fun. Students, staff and parents in the audience got to watch the hockey hero and perseverence in action in a floor hockey match. Chiasson and a Grade 1 teacher at King George faced off against teams of students, who stepped up to the challenge of playing their favorite sport with a professional hockey player.

Chiasson wasn’t the only hero being honored at this assembly. Jade, a Grade 2 student at King George, has been battling brain cancer. She too is a King George Hero demonstrating incredible perseverance as she undergoes chemotherapy treatments. Although Jade was unable to leave the hospital, her mother Jocelyn attended the assembly and recorded a video of the tributes that Jade’s teachers, classmates and school community made in recognition of the strength and tenacity the eight-year-old girl puts forth every day. Singing “Tout la Bonheur du Monde” (all the joy in the world), Jade’s teacher Alexi Hewitt hoped to send the message that “we are all sending her our best wishes.  We want her to know that we are on her team.” Moved by her story, hockey guest Alex Chiasson donated a signed jersey and the school’s parent council unveiled a crowdfunding site for donations.