On Friday, November 10, students and staff at our school and across the city will mark Remembrance Day, which falls on Saturday, November 11, with classroom activities and school assemblies. During Remembrance Day, our teachers make connections between global events and students' lives by promoting peace within our school community. On this solemn occasion, our staff, students, parents, and the wider community all join together in a call for peace.
This year's Remembrance Day marks the date and time when fighting stopped on November 11th at 11am in 1918 (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) which makes this the 99th anniversary for the end of the First World War. Our Garden Remembrance Day Assembly will be held on Friday from 10:35 AM to 11:05 AM in the gym.
This year we will also be observing the 100th Anniversary of Vimy Ridge. We are excited to be launching this week with renowned author Linda Granfield who will be here on Tuesday AM to talk to RM. 205about her new book Vimy Oaks: A Journey to Peace. We are tremendously pleased to welcome Linda especially as her book is a nominated Silver Birch book. Thank you to Ms. Umezawa for organizing this wonderful event.
Great news!! We are extremely pleased to have a new strings instructor. Her name is Daniela Kepowicz and she has been teaching strings for over 29 years. She is looking forward to bringing her expertise as a cello player and strings instructor to Garden. Her schedule will be as follows: Day 2 and Day 4 from 12:30-1:45 PM. Her first day will be Tuesday this week. Welcome to Garden Ms. Kepowicz.
Ms. Hardy
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston S. Churchill
