"How many people do something they really believe in? I just wish people would realize anything is possible if you try. Dreams are made possible if you try." Terry Fox
This week we came together as a school to run. When we talk to students about why we run and what the essence of the Terry Fox Run is they came up with a variety of provocations. What does it mean to be a Hero? Who was Terry Fox? Why do we run for him? If you have ever listened to a room full of children share their thoughts and ideas you can imagine that it gets messy and thoughts overlap, ideas collide and new opinions are formed. There were many common threads woven through conversations; perseverance, resiliency, sacrifice, integrity... As our students ran they shared some stories of who they were running for and how much they cared. Some ran for grandparents, some ran for friends, some ran for Terry. It didn’t matter who they ran for they simply ran. When we were finished students shared stories of the number of laps they ran, how fast they ran, they were competitive in a friendly way with each other but in the end they knew the reason we run. Why do we run? We run for hope because the opposite of hope is not an option for us. Hope brings us new ideas, it brings us a future. That is what the students say they run for, all those glorious laps aside, they run Terry because he instilled a deep and enduring hope for the future in all of us. That is what a hero does. Thank you for the Hope Terry. Thank you Haysboro students for keeping this dream alive. Comments are closed.
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AuthorI am a Calgary Board of Education Principal, proud to be leading learning. I am driven by curiosity and believe that each day welcomes new learning. I am passionate about intellectual engagement and task design and I treasure "wonder-filled" moments with students. Archives
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