Schools in Action
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Centennial School
Centennial School organized a blanket drive for the homeless in Winnipeg. Some grade five and six students spent a month in their community collecting blankets and then travelled in a school bus to Winnipeg to donate them to the Silaom Mission. The initial goal was to collect 50 blankets, but the drive proved so successful that 287 blankets were finally handed over. Naomi explained that there was a strong focus on the educational component of the initiative, and students were made aware of the social problem of homelessness and all students in the school had the opportunity to read “Ruby’s Hope” by Hannah Taylor: an illustrated book written by Taylor when she was just ten that inspires hope and caring and empowers its readers to get involved and “make change”, at any age.
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Inkster School
Inkster School organized and hosted its first Sustainability Conference on April 19, this year focusing on waste reduction. The day-long conference took place at the school, and the students went around the school attending different talks and workshops hosted by speakers from organizations focused on sustainability, including MCIC. The students later taught their classes what they had learned in their sessions.
After the conference, the school set up a Sustainability Team who will help the school implement a composting program. The team of students will gather compostable waste regularly from around the school and the school plans to use this compost in their school garden next year.
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