两位来自John Ware School的九年级学生与他们所在地区的三所学校讨论了他们为纪念加拿大人在武装冲突中所做牺牲而制定的计划。CBE学校将于11月10日举行阵亡将士纪念日仪式。

作者：Jasmine H. 和 Emily W.

每年，CBE学校以各自独特的方式纪念牺牲的士兵和退伍军人。以下是区域6中一所小学、一所中学和一所高中今年的活动。

布雷塞德学校的个人关注

在Braeside School，学生们阅读了一篇关于一对兄妹在第一次世界大战期间互相写信的故事。然后，学生们被要求写信，假设他们是100多年前的那个兄弟或妹妹。这些信将在阵亡将士纪念日集会上朗读。新校长格伦·高斯林表示，这是为了关注战争的个人一面。“这些并不只是无名无姓的冲突。真实的人们受到了影响。”今年的仪式还很特别，因为两所学校共同策划了这个活动。Braeside School正在举办Ron Southern School的“学校内学校”模式，因为他们将在11月底搬到新地点。

这两所学校的学生连同一些音乐老师从10月中旬开始筹划这个集会。他们还将朗读《在弗兰德斯战场上》等诗歌，并保持两分钟的肃静，以便更加关注阵亡将士纪念日的个人一面。

马歇尔斯普林斯学校的奠基

作为一所新学校，马歇尔斯普林斯学校在纪念日等活动中面临的挑战之一是缺乏资源和材料。然而，他们将这个挑战视为为今天和未来的学生建立基础和传统的机会。即使在短短几个星期的时间里，他们仍然花时间和精力来纪念加拿大的士兵。

作为学校的戏剧老师，泰勒·柯蒂斯说：“我们今天有幸生活在加拿大，但我们需要记住有些人为此付出了代价。”这所学校希望他们的学生反思我们的过去如何影响我们的现在，以及今天他们有多么幸运。每个班级和每位老师都将通过建造罂粟花、举着国旗、穿着国王军校制服等方式为集会做出贡献。他们的八年级学生还将用小号演奏《最后的军号》和《醒来曲》。

中央纪念高中纪念过去和现在的士兵

对于中央纪念高中来说，阵亡将士纪念日与他们息息相关。学校门厅里有几块献给在一战、二战和阿富汗战争中牺牲的中央纪念校友的碑牌。为了纪念这一天，学生和教师将音乐、诗歌、戏剧和舞蹈融入仪式中。学校的学习带头人Andie Shaffer说：“我们不仅仅关注我们的军队在两次大战中为我们做了什么，还关注他们在日常的维和行动、朝鲜战争、阿富汗和其他冲突中为我们所做的。”当Shaffer女士刚加入学校时，她看到了参与仪式的努力，并认为这非常美丽、周到和感人。“我们非常认真对待这个仪式，它对我们学校非常重要。”

学校希望通过举办退伍军人食品捐赠活动，并花费数小时寻找使这个仪式深深影响学生、教职员工和特邀嘉宾（如加拿大公主帕特里夏轻步兵团和卡尔加里高地人代表）的方式，以产生影响。

Two Grade 9 students from John Ware School talked to three schools in their Area about their plans to recognize the sacrifices made by Canadians in armed conflicts. CBE schools will hold Remembrance Day ceremonies Nov. 10.

By Jasmine H. and Emily W.

CBE schools across the city each year remember the sacrifice of fallen soldiers and veterans in their own unique way. Here is what one elementary school, one middle school and one high school in Area 6 are doing this year.

Focusing on the Personal at Braeside School

At Braeside School, students read a story about a brother and sister who wrote letters to each other during World War I. The students were then asked to write letters imagining that they were that brother or the sister from more than 100 years ago. Those letters will then be read at their Remembrance Day assembly. New principal Glenn Goslin said this is an attempt to focus on the personal side of war. “These weren’t just nameless, faceless conflicts. Real people were affected.” This year’s ceremony is also unique as two schools came together to plan this event. Braeside School is hosting Ron Southern School in a “school within a school” model as they wait to move to their new location later in November.

Students from both of these schools along with some of the music teachers started planning the assembly in mid-October. They are also going to be reading poetry such as “In Flanders Fields” and observing two minutes of silence to help focus on the personal side of Remembrance Day.

Building Foundations at Marshall Springs School

One of the challenges involved in opening a new school is you don’t have all the resources and materials available for events like Remembrance Day. Marshall Springs School sees that challenge as an opportunity to build a foundation and tradition for students today and in future years. Even in the short weeks they’ve been open, they’re still taking the time and effort to honour Canada’s soldiers.

As the school’s drama teacher, Tyler Curtis says “We’re fortunate to be in Canada today, but we need to remember that some people had to pay the price for that.”  This school hopes their students reflect on how our past influences our present and how fortunate they are today. Every class and every teacher will have contributed to the assembly by doing things like building poppies, carrying the flag and wearing their cadet uniforms. One of their Grade 8 students will play The Last Post and Reveille on the trumpet.

Honouring Soldiers from the Past to the Present at Central Memorial High School

For Central Memorial High School, Remembrance Day hits really close to home. There are plaques in the foyer dedicated to Central Memorial alumni who lost their lives in WWI, WWII and the Afghanistan war.  To mark the day, students and teachers have incorporated music, poetry, drama, and dance into their ceremonies. In the words of their learning leader, Andie Shaffer, “We are focusing on remembering what our military has done for us not just in the Great Wars, but in peace keeping, the Korean War, Afghanistan, and other conflicts every day.” When Ms. Shaffer first joined the school, she saw the effort put into the ceremony and thought it was very beautiful, thoughtful and moving. “We take it very seriously, and it is very important to our school.”

The school hopes to make a difference by having a veterans food drive, and spending hours upon hours finding ways to make this ceremony deeply meaningful to the students, staff and special guests such as representatives from the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry and the Calgary Highlanders.