Reach out, take action and get involved
By Grade 10 Reps: Scott Doggett, Catherine Kim, Sofia Onopriienko and Gavin Plunkett
For the October 18 Intersession Day, the Grade 10 class focussed on environmental and local stewardship. We thought about ways to care, connect and contribute to our local community and discussed the value of becoming stewards of our community and learned that the best way to do this is to put ourselves out there - reach out, take action and get involved.
The group began their day by collectively contributing to a video about what we are grateful for at LCS. A lot of students and staff volunteered to be in the video and they said some amazing things.
During the Orientation “Experience Days” in September, we initiated a relationship with children from Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Peterborough through our “Build-a-Bike” event. The hope is for us to continue this relationship throughout the year. We spent time brainstorming possibilities for having fun with children as a way to contribute to a greater community beyond just our school. We brought up many ideas - even crazy ones like having a party on a hot air balloon - but at the end, the outcome was to collaborate all of our ideas together as they were all equally interesting. Stay tuned to find out what we end up doing!
One fun way that the Grade 10s will give back to our local community is by participating in the upcoming Lakefield Santa Claus parade. We plan to have school musicians, hot chocolate and a big float decorated with Christmas colours (which also happen to be LCS’ colours!). There are many details that still have to be discussed and fine tuned, but we know for sure, that this experience will bring all of us together to have a warm and joyful time and we look forward to sharing that joy with the residents of Lakefield.
The other half of the day was spent exploring the theme of environmental stewardship through a visit to the Peterborough recycling depot, a landfill site and a water filtration site. Our garbage has an impact on the world beyond what we can see. This experience opened a lot of our eyes about how much waste we use and how this is going to affect us in the long run. We need to make an effort to look for locally sourced, green, and healthy options to help reduce the waste we create in the world. We were also able to learn how the water we use is filtered. They showed us the process and told us some cool facts about the site. They walked us through the entire process and showed us the machines that filter our water.
Some interesting seeds of thought and action were sown on this day and it will be interesting to watch them grow throughout the year.
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Lakefield College School is a private, coeducational boarding and day school for students in grades 9 through 12, located in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada.
We respectfully acknowledge that Lakefield College School is located on the Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which include: Curve Lake, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Rama, Beausoleil, and Georgina Island First Nations. Lakefield College School respectfully acknowledges that the Williams Treaties First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health and integrity for generations to come.
We respectfully acknowledge that Lakefield College School is located on the Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which include: Curve Lake, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Rama, Beausoleil, and Georgina Island First Nations. Lakefield College School respectfully acknowledges that the Williams Treaties First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health and integrity for generations to come.
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