Orange Shirt Day – 2024

Orange Shirt Day Sept 2024

On September 30th, The Student Council, in cooperation with the Grade 12 Comm Tech class and the Drama Club, put together several activities to honor the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day.  Our staff and students dressed in orange, and participated in several activities to learn more about indigenous…

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Chisholm Academy Celebrates Orange Shirt Day 2023

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Chisholm Academy students and staff dressed in orange colours and participated in learning moments to mark the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Friday, September 29. The Equity and Drama Clubs organized events for Orange Shirt Day that dovetails with this national statutory day, marked on September 30 (a Saturday this year). In Canada,…

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Orange Shirt Day

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On September 29, 2021, our entire school wore orange shirts on Orange Shirt Day to honour, remember the experiences and losses of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children who were stolen from their families and were brought to residential schools. The entire school watched a presentation about the Indigenous people’s feelings and how to take…

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Orange Shirt Day

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On September 30th, a majority of Chisholm’s population came to school dressed in orange shirts to acknowledge and open up the conversation about Indigenous peoples and their histories with residential schooling. In the morning, the entire school reviewed an informative presentation that detailed the experiences of residential schools and their impact on Indigenous communities in…

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Chisholm Academy Stands Up Against Bullying

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Chisholm Academy marked Anti Bullying Day 2018 with our annual Pancake Breakfast and school wide assembly. Students and staff wore pink to show our support and solidarity as we stood up and spoke out against bullying. Teachers cooked delicious pancakes which students and staff enjoyed with fruit and juice. After everyone had eaten their fill,…

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