Grade 10s Give Back
By Vicky Boomgaardt
Helping the Community That has Helped Us - LCS Students Giving Back
Helping the Community That has Helped Us - LCS Students Giving Back
This was just one of the headlines created by the Grade 10s as they reflected on their November Intersession Day. The day was a combination of on-site workshops and community service at The Mount Community Centre.
Morning workshops included a “design thinking sprint” created to help students explore how they could best support the needs of the organizations that they will be working with this year through their Grove Philanthropy Project (GPP) as well as time to create interview questions in preparation for their face-to-face interviews during December’s Intersession Day.
After watching part of Gord Downie’s “Secret Path,” Grade 10 students discussed and unpacked Canada’s residential school history. In the words of Downie:
“His [Chanie Wenjack’s] story is Canada’s story. This is about Canada. We are not the country we thought we were. History will be re-written. We are all accountable, but this begins in the late 1800s and goes to 1996. “White” Canada knew – on somebody’s purpose – nothing about this. We weren’t taught it; it was hardly ever mentioned.”
For the Grade 10s, the connection to Canada’s residential school history was made more real for them as they spent the afternoon painting rooms at The Mount in preparation for the filming of the movie “Indian Horse” which is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Wagamese. Indian Horse is about a boy’s experience in a residential school.
Lakefield College School Students Take Part in Helping Set up a Set for a Movie
In the afternoon, the Grade 10s returned to The Mount Community Centre, the site of their Orientation in September. Following some reflection as to what they had accomplished and how far they had come as a group, the Grade 10s set to work painting a number of rooms inside The Mount that will be used in the filming of “Indian Horse.” Many hands made light work, and there was time after the painting to rack over 50 bags of leaves in the brilliant November sunshine. In all, the Grade 10 students contributed approximately 140 community service hours in one afternoon!
It was a full day of deepening understanding, reflecting, making connections, teamwork, leadership, fun and community.
In the words of the students:
When I give back…..
- “….I feel I want to give more, and am proud of our work as a community.”
- “….I am helping those who are not as lucky as I am.”
- “...I sacrifice my time for the better of others. That is what a true global citizen does. That time you sacrifice made someone else’s life so much better.”
- “...I feel good about the things I did.”
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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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