Tuesday September 17, 2019

Updates

Open House next Thursday, September 19.

Friday there is no school. P.D. Day

Picture Day on September 24th

Terry Fox Run on Friday, September 27th.

Please pack for two healthy snacks per day.

Orange Shirt Day Alberta 2019 – September 30

If you wish to purchase an Orange Shirt Day t-shirt for you and/or your family, Eric Harvie School will be placing an order.  The cost is 20.00.  Please send a cheque, payable to Eric Harvie School, in an envelope to school indicating your family name and the size of t-shirt(s) (youth s, m, l, adult s, m, l, xl, 2xl, 3xl, 4xl).  Please note that 2xl, 3xl, and 4xl shirts will be 25.00.  The deadline for ordering is 11:59 p.m., September 18.

Orange Shirt Day honors the legacy of Residential Schools, Survivors, Intergenerational Survivors and those that did not survive as an act of Reconciliation. Orange Shirt Day honors the legacy of the 2013 St. Joseph Mission Residential School commemoration event, held in Williams Lake, B.C.  It grew out of a former student’s account of having her brand-new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school.

Wearing an Orange Shirt is meant to recognize the harm done to Residential School students, and show a commitment to the principle that every child matters.

The official Orange Shirt Day date is September 30th. A date in September was chosen because it is the time of year when children were taken from their homes to Residential Schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for policies and resources that support diversity for the coming school year.

Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity for First Nations, local governments, schools, and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come.

Word Work

We introduced our Words Their Way Program. Students will be working on sorting their words and noticing patterns to assist them with spelling.