Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity to create meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind. It’s a national movement to recognize our shared history, and to honour those whose lives were forever changed in the spirit of hope and reconciliation for generations of children to come. Every child matters.
Orange Shirt Day 2019 was recognized across our Board in all of our schools and communities. The learning opportunities were vast, and included visits to the sites of former residential schools with survivors who shared their stories, classroom discussions and activities on the history and legacy of residential schools, and screenings of educational videos and documentaries.
New for Orange Shirt Day 2019 was the announcement of the KPDSB Orange Shirt Day T-shirt Design contest. Students were encouraged to create their own orange shirt designs and submit them to be considered for shirts for next school year. We received many creative and thoughtful designs, watch for the opportunity to purchase KPDSB Orange Shirts in the spring of 2020 for Orange Shirt Day 2020!
