Buffalo Trail Public Schools June Update

Buffalo Trail Public Schools June Update

Buffalo Trail Public Schools - Submitted

June continues to be a busy month in our schools. Year-end activities, like all other activities this year, are looking a bit different; however, schools are planning and celebrating events in different ways.

BTPS sends congratulations to all of our 2021 BTPS Graduates. This school year may not be what a graduate imagines their last year of school to look like, but a Grade 12 graduation is still an event to be celebrated. It signifies a milestone in the life of our students. Most of our schools have already planned and celebrated their graduations keeping to the AHS guidelines and we will see the remainder schools celebrate in the summer.

Flags were lowered to half-mast to pay respect to the children of the Kamloops Residential School, their families and communities.

(Buffalo Trail Public Schools/Submitted Photo)

This year we have an Orange Shirt Day T-shirt Design Contest. Katrin Heim, Innovation Coach, and the Park Plains East ATA Diversity Equity and Human Rights Committee planned this division contest. This contest promotes and supports Orange Shirt Day.

Orange Shirt Day recognizes the harm done to generations of children by Indian Residential Schools and is an affirmation of our commitment to ensure that Every Child Matters. Orange Shirt Day also recognizes our commitment to reconciliation, anti-racism and anti-bullying in general.

BTPS lowered our flags in shared grief and to pay our respects to the children of the Kamloops Residential School,

their families and communities. Our thoughts are with the families, the communities, residential school survivors and all who mourn. We honoured the 215 Indigenous children, their families, and survivors with a moment of silence within our BTPS Schools and facilities.

We wish all of our students, families, and staff a safe and fun summer.