St. Andrew’s students remember

Air Cadet Anthony Redkin led Air Cadet Kimberly Somerville, Air Cadet Larissa Halldorson and Cpl. William Lesiuk into the St. Andrew’s School music room Nov. 7. They performed the flag ceremony for the school’s sixth annual Peace Day Celebration.

Mac Olsen
South Peace News

St. Andrew’s School held its sixth annual Peace Day Celebration Nov. 7. In separate viewings, junior and senior students watched a multimedia presentation ‘Can You Imagine?’ in the music room. Teacher Dan Gillmor and the Social Studies 20.1 class created the presentation. Members of the High Prairie 539 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets held a flag ceremony before and after each viewing. Several dignitaries also participated including George Bennett, a Royal Air Force veteran of the Second World War; Brian Elliot, a former member of the Royal Canadian Navy and a veteran of United Nations peacekeeping missions; and Rollie Johnson, representing the local Royal Canadian Legion. Everyone sang ‘O Canada’ before Gillmor spoke. “Welcome to our sixth annual Peace Day Celebration in honour of all those individuals who have sacrificed so much in so many corners of the world, so that we might enjoy the privilege of living as we do today,” he said. “Our Social 20 students have put a lot of time and effort into this presentation for your education and viewing enjoyment.” The presentation focuses on several themes – devastation, carnage, inhumanity, sacrifice and love. It has photos of film footage of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and against Jewish people in the Second World War. It also shows soldiers in combat, standing beside monuments and serving on peacekeeping missions. Voiceovers depict those who have lived through war. The event ended with the students standing for ‘Last Post’ and ‘Reveille’ and the singing of ‘God Save the Queen’. Dignitaries were impressed with the event. “It was very well done,” says Elliot. “The kids did a really good job on the video.” Johnson said it was good to see the peacekeeping footage and Bennett commends Gillmor and the students for working hard to put the ceremony together. Gillmor praises the students’ commitment. “I know what they can reasonably do in the time given,” he says. “But they always go beyond what’s expected of them and they never fail to impress those who attend.” He encouraged the students to attend the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Royal Canadian Legion and not to think of it as just another holiday.

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