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Staff and students commemorate Remembrance Day

November 11, 2021

On November 11, schools across the Upper Grand District School Board paused in remembrance and participated in a variety of ceremonies and activities to commemorate Remembrance Day. It is a day to honour the Canadian Armed Forces members who served and sacrificed for our country and the contributions of all members, including Black Canadians, Indigenous Peoples and women.

See below for a small sample of just some of the initiatives happening in UGDSB schools. 

Centre Dufferin District High School designed a Remembrance Day Memorial Walk in order to balance safety measures, the last week of class, and the remembrance and recognition our veterans deserve. On the day that students were scheduled to do their walk, poppies were given out to students by their teachers. Students started in the Drama Room where a prerecorded digital and musical presentation performed by CDDHS music classes played on loop. Next, students went to the Lion’s Hall and were given 5-10 minutes to slowly check out all the information and artifacts. All the clubs in the school created a Remembrance Day board through the lens of their work. These groups include the Black Chapter, Jack (Mental Health) Chapter, Muslim Student’s Association, Gender Sexuality Alliance, Faith Factor, FNMI Student Group and Student Council. Finally, students proceeded to the lobby to check out the front display case, and end by sticking their poppy on the paper around the Honour Roll plaque with a list of Dufferin’s veterans on the wall. Departments from all over the school have contributed in different ways, including fashion, history, construction and the learning commons. 

Wellington Heights Secondary School held a virtual assembly and also constructed a moving memorial on the lawn of the school. WHSS teacher, Ken Kivell, and his students put up the display on Friday, November 5. Mr. Kivell has been coordinating a display of small, white crosses on the lawn at WHSS for approximately ten years. Each small cross has the name of a local veteran on it, from the Mount Forest or Arthur area, who died serving Canada in World War 1 or World War 2.  This year, Mr. Kivell added some metal poppies to the display, and arranged the small crosses in the form of a large cross. 

Rd Whss Wellington Drone

Photo credit: Wellington Drone

Staff and students at Laurelwoods Elementary School put together a multi-part presentation of remembrance. Centennial CVI also put together a moving presentation. 

Drayton Heights PS also held a virtual Remembrance Day ceremony:

Schools shared the many ways that they were marking the day:

 

Categories: Spotlight On Schools