Hello Bruce families!
As we wind down this school year, please accept our heartfelt gratitude for all your support this year. The pandemic has shifted all our roles in significant ways, so whether you have helped your child navigate Microsoft Teams, ensuring they are working on their at-home days or providing extra mental health support, please know it has not gone unnoticed and we thank you for being along side us.
Tomorrow will be the end of your child’s regular Teams meetings with their teachers. They should have completed all necessary work to demonstrate their learning for teachers who are planning on doing a wrap up activity with their classes.
June 21-25
Next week students will have inspirational presentations by some of Winnipeg’s leaders from a variety of fields. These presentations will occur at 9:00 A.M., 11:00 A.M. AND 1:00 P.M. Invitations to join these meetings will be found through their ELA team chat. We hope that students will join the likes of Andrew Harris, John Janzen (Siloam Mission), Keegan Kolesar (Las Vegas Golden Knights), Natasha Moodie (Author, human rights champion), Alice RL (Ojibway artist) and many more in finding inspiration and one’s passion then taking next steps to achieve their dreams.
Students will be accessing these presentations at home, so please contact the school if you have concerns around access or technology. In between sessions, students can begin to return any outstanding materials such as textbooks, library books and iPads to the school and pick up their yearbooks and personal items left behind. The end of this email has some information on Monday’s presenters.
While some teachers will be facilitating these sessions, our grade 8 team will be meeting with our grade 8 students in small groups to celebrate their three years at Bruce. For obvious reasons, we will not be hosting large gatherings. Grade 8 students will receive a token from the school, have a chance to socialize with teachers and each other one last time. Details will be sent to families separately by Mr. Weber.
June 28
9:00 – 10:00 Grade 8 Virtual Farewell through MS Teams
Book buy back day! Last chance to return any outstanding materials (in exchange for a freezie – we are not above bribes) and pick up yearbooks for this year. Teachers will be available at a table outside the east doors by the bus loop.
June 29-30
In-service days, no school
Monday's Inspiring Schedule:
9:00 Fahd Alhattab - https://www.fahdspeaks.com/
Fahd is a former at-risk immigrant child turned leader and entrepreneur. He founded a camp for underprivileged children in Ottawa and was awarded Canada's Top 20 Under 20 Award at 19 years old. As a youth speaker, Fahd's use of storytelling, humour and interactive training he leaves students feeling empowered to be change-makers and leaders.
"My passion is helping students find the leaders in themselves."- Fahd Alhattab
11:00 Lamar Goods
Lamar Goods was born in Alberta and plays football for the University of Florida Gators. He studies nutritional science and wants to open his own "healthy menu "restaurant.
1:00- Uzoma Asagwara
Uzoma Asagwara is an entrepreneur registered psychiatric nurse working in youth addictions and acute adult mental health. She is also a retired member of the Canadian Women's National basketball team.
"Asagwara considers themself a role model to inspire the youth in various communities. They mentor young athletes in downtown Winnipeg, among other places, and she speaks to them about the importance of education, living authentically and the importance of pursuing one's dreams."
