To recognize the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, Orange Shirt Day, to teach students about the history and legacy of residential schools. For the past six years, Clearview has taken the opportunity on Sept. Clearview schools are comprised of over 185 self-identified Aboriginal learner students or 8.5 per cent of the non-colony student population. Honouring First Nations peoples, their history and their truth, is embedded in Clearview’s schools. Meanwhile, students in the Clearview Public School district also participated in a variety of events on Thursday.

Hunting Hills School (supplied/Rachel Bysterveld) There was traditional drumming music played over the speakers during this time. School officials say the students then took the hearts and taped them to a designated area to show the school’s solidarity in creating awareness of residential schools and acknowledging the suffering of the victims of residential schools. Students wrote on both sides of the paper heart to see their message inside and outside the school. Students could choose their own words, look up a quote, or write words in Cree that were given to them. Each period featured a specific video or lesson, with the last period of the day being extraordinary.Įach Hunting Hills student received an orange heart and wrote a positive message as a gesture of reconciliation. Schools all across central Alberta made sure to take time and reflect on Thursday to honour the first official National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.Īll-day was devoted to the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at Hunting Hills High School.

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