Global Friends

In November 2008, ERS students voted on how the money raised at the two movie nights and the Spring Dance would be used to help our friends in Kabala.  Students were presented with the following five options: purchasing art supplies; oxen to farm school gardens; breakfast lunches and snacks for their students; building a library structure; or school fees.  They decided that Oxen, School Fees, and Breakfast, Lunches and Snacks would be the best choices.  Well done!

Thank-you to everyone who contributed to the BOOK DRIVE for the schools in Kabala.  With your help over 500 books were sent in a shipping container already bound for this region.  In February we received a heart-warming letter of thanks from the school in Kabala.  Thanks to local NGO, Cause Canada, ERS students watched a video of the students in Sierra Leone receiving the books and got a visual tour of their school, at our assembly in March.

What is this initiative all about?:

This year’s educational plan acknowledges the desire to see “Students model the characteristics of active citizenship”.  To engage the students in this process, the question:

“How do we make the world a better place to live?”, is being integrated into curriculum, social events and fundraising activities.

Each year students will chose a local or global topic to explore this fundamental question.  This year the students are learning about the lives of children in Kabala, Sierra Leone.  Each teacher decides age appropriate ways to incorporate this into her classes learning experiences.

For questions on this initiative, or to get involved, contact:

Darlene Bartha dbartha@gmail.com 609-2979, or Tanya Belireau tbel@shaw.ca 678-9929, or Julie Phelps juliaphelps@shaw.ca 675-1615.