We started our morning with a school-wide assembly to meet Melissa Allan, the author of
Brave Like The Buffalo.
She read us her story...
...and sang a song to help us all remember that we are brave and that we can do hard things!
We had a very thoughtful discussion about Black History Month.
We like making connections when we are learning! Ask me about the connections between Black History Month and the books Hidden Figures and A Computer Called Catherine
William Eldon O'Ree CM ONB is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player from Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is widely recognized for being the first black player in the National Hockey League, playing as a winger for the Boston Bruins.
Viola Irene Desmond was a Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre.
Students are creating dragon scales for the school-wide dragon!
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