亲爱的家长/监护人：

加拿大政府已将9月30日定为真相与和解国家日。

此日的意图是为了承认并尊重寄宿学校幸存者，他们的家庭和社区。它还将确保对寄宿学校悲惨而痛苦的历史和遗产进行公众纪念，这是和解进程的重要组成部分。

由于这是一个联邦假期，它只适用于联邦政府、联邦皇冠委员会及机构和联邦监管公司。

然而，在2021-2022学年中，为了纪念整个卡尔加里教育局的真相与和解，9月30日（星期四）将是非运营日。这意味着当天没有课程，学校将关闭。因为这个更改的结果，12月10日（星期五）将恢复为正常上课日。

这个决定仅适用于今年。在2021-2022学年期间，我们将评估如何最好地在以后的年份里纪念这一事件。

学校网站将在未来几天内更新以反映这一更改。

卡尔加里教育局要求所有学校在2021年9月27日至10月1日期间认真对待真相与和解周。这一周将纪念每个孩子都重要和橙衬衫日，并为学校提供灵活性，选择其中至少一个学校日来认识橙衬衫日，并学习有关寄宿学校的历史和遗产。

谢谢您！

克里斯托弗·乌西
校长总监

Dear parents/guardians:

The Government of Canada has proclaimed Sept. 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The intention of the day is to recognize and honour residential school survivors, their families and communities. It will also ensure that public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process.

As this is a federal holiday it only applies automatically to the federal government, federal crown boards and agencies and federally regulated companies.

However, for the 2021-22 school year, Thursday, Sept. 30 will be a non-operational day to commemorate truth and reconciliation across the Calgary Board of Education. This means there will be no classes and schools will be closed for the day. As a result of this change, Friday, Dec. 10 will once again be a regular school day.

This decision applies to this year only. Over the course of the 2021-22 school year, we will review how best to recognize this event in subsequent years.

School websites will be updated in the coming days to reflect this change.

The CBE asks that all schools recognize Truth and Reconciliation Week from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1, 2021. This week will honour Every Child Matters and Orange Shirt Day and provides flexibility for schools to select at least one school day within this week to recognize Orange Shirt Day with students while learning about the history and legacy of residential schools. 

Thank you,

Christopher Usih
Chief Superintendent of Schools