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2008 - Music / Expérience musicale

Eastern Kings Consolidated School, PEI

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The students were eager and excited to be getting ukuleles that they would get instruction in, and be able to take home to proudly show off what they had learned. Their mental and physical agility was put to the test, as they learned chords and notes. This opportunity heightens their musical ability, better prepare those who enter the band program, guitar classes or play the instrument for their own enjoyment. This opportunity certainly brought our school spirit to a new level, that would not have been possible without your financial support.

2008 - Extra-curricular, Sports

L’École Victor-Brodeur- Victoria, BC

Notre demande de subvention a pour but de doter l’école d’un équipement adéquate pour la pratique du judo, karaté, aikido, taek wondo, …Notre école possède une nouvelle infrastructure mais ne dispose pas de l’équipement nécessaire à une utilisation efficace des locaux. Equipé de tatami, le lieu désigné, appelé palestre, pourrait recevoir de nombreux élèves dans le cadre d’activités parascolaires.
Il s’agit d’un plan ambitieux consistant à proposer à tous les élèves des activités parascolaires de qualité et gratuits. Nos élèves sont issus de diverses catégories socio-économiques. Certains n’ont aucun accès à des activités autres que celles offertes par notre école. Nous pensons qu’un programme extra-curriculaire d’envergure rejoindrait ces élèves leur fournissant un sentiment d’appartenance et améliorerait leurs résultats scolaires. L’enseignement des arts martiaux s’adresse à certains élèves de 6,7 8 ans qui ont besoin de canaliser, contrôler un besoin activités physiques accru.

2008 - Recreation / Récréation, Arts / Vie artistique

Howard Junior Public School- Toronto, ON

Howard Public School Rejuvenation Committee conducted a community wide consultation to explore opportunities to improve community, recreation, play and artistic expression. The entire student community, which is both economically and racially diverse, will create student-designed painted benches for the school yard and create unique design and painting of playground games such as 4 squares and hop-scotch. Students will learn about the elements of design (colour, line, shape, form and space). By involving local artists in our community, students are supported and engaged to reach our goal.

- Arts / Vie artistique

David Hoy Elementary- Fort St James, BC

David Hoy Elementary will conduct a four day intensive focus on visual arts, music performance and poetry writing, exploring the theme of “My Home”. Under this unifying theme, three instructors will guide students in the creation of a poem and a visual arts collage, as well as, direction in a choral performance. This event will culminate with a community presentation of student work. The evening will consist of student performance of songs and poetry, and auctioning of framed collages. Each student will receive a published anthology of “My Home.” Copies will be donated to community schools and the library.

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- Arts / Vie artistique

Chebucto Heights Elementary School’s Cultural Heritage- Halifax, NS

Nova Scotia has a particularly rich textile heritage, ranging from traditional crafts such as rug hooking and knitting to Native American beading, felting and embroidery with coloured porcupine quills, to personal stories and family traditions being transmitted through traditional quilting, to rather contemporary textile expressions. While supporting core curricular activities in social studies, language arts and visual arts, this project allows our students to work with a number of different local textile artists to explore this rich local heritage and link it to their family history.

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