Today we had our kick off assembly for Terry Fox. Mr. Dyck told us some facts about Terry Fox. Did you know there is a Mountain in Jasper named after him? Terry Fox also had his own stamp issued in 1982. There are also 14 schools named after him..
We also watched a video that told the story of Terry Fox. Our special guest speaker was a retired principal from Saskatoon named Wayne Dyck. He is a cancer survivor and he told us about Terry Fox too, and then told us his own story of battling cancer and beating it. He had 3 things he wanted us to remember from his talk today;
– never give up
– we can make others feel better by smiling 🙂
– we can help by raising money for the Terry Fox Foundation.
At the end of his talk we all chanted together- “All of us are ordinary, but we can become extraordinary”!
Our school is going on a Terry Fox walk next Wednesday, September 30th in the afternoon. Parents are welcome to join us if you wish. We are encouraged to wear school colours-red and blue.
We will be collecting donations for the Terry Fox Foundation this week and next. Our school goal is to raise $2000.
Where does the walk the take place and how long? We would like to join.
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I will find out the details and let you know!
We will be leaving the school around 1ish and walking west to the lake on Crystal Springs drive and then back to the school- see you then!