Orange Shirt Day and Unique Me Projects

We will be celebrating Orange Shirt Day on Tuesday October 1st next week. Orange Shirt Day is in recognition of Canada's Indigenous people. In grade 1, we will be reading the story, "When I Was Eight" and then talking about how each of our families are special and have different traditions. We will not be going into any detail about Reconciliation or Residential schools. This will also be the kick-off for our Unique Me projects where students will be creating a collage of pictures that represent their life. The pictures can be of the family, activities, hobbies, interests, and different objects/artifacts that are special and tell their story. If you have not yet had a chance to send in pictures to school, please send them by the end of next week. Please note, that we will be cutting and gluing the pictures and the pictures will not be returning home. Thanks so much!