Remembrance Day is important to me. This is largely why I volunteer my class to organize the assembly each year. WWI and WWII seem unimaginable to my students. It was so long ago and most of them do not feel impacted by war or military operations. That’s a good thing in some ways because it [...]

In February of this year, the last Canadian World War 1 veteran passed away at 109 years of age. Did you know that? I didn’t … at least not until I began conjuring up different ideas about our Remembrance Day assembly this year. This last Canadian WWI veteran’s  name was John Babcock and he was [...]

By the time the afternoon rolled around, I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I was going to have to blog about our day today. I know. I’m hooked. Today was a great day. Division 2 was responsible for the school’s Remembrance Day assembly this year, and this morning I could not have been more proud of them. The sincerity and grace [...]

On November 11, Canadians and citizens of other Commonwealth nations honour our military veterans and current individuals serving around the world with Remembrance Day. Specifically, ceremonies are scheduled to commemorate the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month because that was the date and time that WWI formally came to an end in 1918. In [...]