Freedom To Read Week

Girls Healthy Living Week February 18-23

Monday February 18

• Grade 10 Girls Leadersip to feeder schools to do activities 3:30 - 4:30


• Lunch with Lana - "Girl Talk"
  

Tuesday February 19

• ALL GIRLS gym at lunch 12:15 - 1:00 PM


• YOGA in the theatre 3:20 - 4:20 PM
  

Wednesday February 20

• Lunch and Learn - Lindsay, our school board nutritionist and a chef will be discussing what females should be eating. Then, they will prepare a meal.


• Turbo Jam with Ms. Falcone 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Thursday February 21

• BMI with Patsy Langille 12:15 - 1:05 PM

February 15th is National Flag Day

A symbol of Canadian identity

The official ceremony inaugurating the new Canadian flag was held on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on February 15, 1965, with Governor General Georges Vanier, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, the members of the Cabinet and thousands of Canadians in attendance.
The Canadian Red Ensign, bearing the Union Jack and the shield of the royal arms of Canada, was lowered and then, on the stroke of noon, our new maple leaf flag was raised. The crowd sang the national anthem O Canada followed by the royal anthem God Save the Queen.
The following words, spoken on that momentous day by the Honourable Maurice Bourget, Speaker of the Senate, added further symbolic meaning to our flag: "The flag is the symbol of the nation's unity, for it, beyond any doubt, represents all the citizens of Canada without distinction of race, language, belief or opinion." - Canadian Heritage

Check out Canadian Heritage site for more neat stuff about flags.
http://www.pch.gc.ca/special/flag-drapeau/index_e.cfm

Check out these Halifax Public Library African Heritage Links

Black History of Nova Scotia : A Chronology of Events
http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/ahmonth/timeline_bhns.php

Word Search Black Nova Scotians
http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/ahmonth/search1.html

Word Search Famous Black Canadians
http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/ahmonth/search2.html

Fiction for African Heritage Month

Reparations by Stephen Kimber

Two boyhood friends, one black, one white meet later in life and face-off as lawyer and judge in a trial about the demolition of Africville. - Back cover

George & Rue by George Elliott Clarke

Based on a 1949 murder in New Brunswick, George & Rue tells the imagined story of the lives and deaths of the two brothers who killed a taxi driver.

No Crystal Stair by Mairuth Sarsfield

A 2005 Canada Reads selection, this novel explores the reality of a young widow bringing up three girls who experience Canada's subtle racism.

February is African Heritage Month

Check out some of these books and videos to learn more.

Who's Who in Black Canada

Profiles of over 700 successful black Canadians from business, education, law, the arts, science and much more.

Journey to Justice

A 47 minute documentary about the struggle of six people who fought for equality including Viola Desmond who insisted on keeping her seat in a movie theatre in New Glasgow and Fred Christie who was denied service at a Montreal tavern and took his case to the Supreme Court in 1936.

Blacks - Peoples of the Maritimes

The majority of Maritime blacks entered as Loyalists and Maroons in the late 1700s as Black refugees after the War of 1812. This book tell of their difficulties and profiles individuals who overcame discrimination to become leaders in their careers.