What does it mean to be a Totem?

My first thoughts of ACSS were pretty negative.Everyone was telling me that it was a bad school and that I should go to a different one in the district.Before starting grade 9, I went to LSS for summer school and I found that I much preferred the ACSS building to the LSS one.After going to my first classes I found it was`not as bad as I was lead to believe.I saw the appeal of a smaller school.After joining rec leadership I saw how much better a smaller community where everyone knows each other is.To me being a Totem is to be part of a tight-knit community who are trying to help each other and work together to achieve their goals.