|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes on Translation
The electronic translation service on the York Region District School Board's website is hosted by Google Translate. The quality of the translation will vary in some of the languages offered by Google. Google Translate is a free service and currently offers translation in over 50 languages, although an impressive number, this does not capture all languages or dialects. The basic translation’s goal is to capture the general intention of the original English material.
The York Region District School Board does not guarantee the quality, accuracy or completeness of any translated information. Before you act on translated information, the Board encourages you to confirm any facts that are important to you and affect any decisions you may make.
The York Region District School Board is committed to parent, family and community engagement, and it is our hope that by providing this tool on our website that we are making our information more accessible to families whose first language is not English and thereby enabling better engagement in public education.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Be The Change
463
Be The Change
|
|
Page Content
Be the Change would like to thank all Little Rouge families for your support int he recent popcorn fundraiser! From the popcorn sales, we raised $1,607! We will be donating the money raised from the sales to the Little Rouge Outdoor Education Classroom initiative.
Congratulations Little Rouge community! With your support, the Be the Change team collected and donated 150 pairs of shoes to a school in need. Through your generosity, students at another school in Ontario will be able to have proper footwear for phys. ed. and other activities. Thank you so much! The school is very appreciative!
Thank you for your support,
The BtC team
WE Scare Hunger
Be The Change Team would like to send out a huge thank you to all families who donated food items for our WE Scare Hunger campaign, in support of our community food partner, Five with Drive. We surpassed our goal of 600 items and we raised 950 food items! Way to go Rockets!!
Holiday Cards and Sick Kids Hospital
Over the past couple weeks, Be The Change Team have been creating Holiday Cards for patients and their families that may be spending time at Sick Kids Hospital. The beautiful cards will be donated to the hospital beginning of December and will be displayed in the hospital's holiday room. We hope the cards will help inspire and spread positivity during the holiday season at Sick Kids Hospital!
The BTC team
Be the change you wish to see in the world Ghandhi
Be The Change is a group of teachers and students (in grades 5-8) which was established in 2008. We meet once a week to learn about and discuss social justice issues in our community and around the world. We help create community awareness as we organize school wide events and fundraising opportunities. We challenge ourselves to move our thinking from "ME" to "WE" and understand how one small contribution can make a difference and "Be The Change".
Goals:
- Building another school in Kenya (2-3 year goal)
- Help the Eco Team build an outdoor classroom
Initiatives:
- We Create Change (Fall)
- We Scare Hunger (Fall)
- We Are Love (Winter)
- We Are Silent (Spring)
Accomplishments:
2008
- Annual We Nights held at our school to raise awareness of local and global issues and initiatives (2008 - present)
- Students Attend Annual WE Day's (2008 - Present)
- Participated in We Are Silent to support and create awareness about those whose voices are not heard (2008 - present)
- Participated in We Scare Hunger to collect canned food to donate to our local food bank (2008 - present)
- Micro-loans given through Kiva (2008 - present)
- Annual food drives to support local community organizations (2008 - present)
- Toonies for Turkeys (2008-2011)
2009
- Built a School in Kenya
- Sold T-shirts and came in 2nd place in all of Canada for highest sales
2010
- Supported the Agriculture and Food Security efforts through Free the Children
- $1000 raised for Pakistan Disaster Relief
- Held a Book Drive and donated remaining books to a Aboriginal Women's Shelter
- Made 1000 cranes for the Japanese disaster
- Raised $2000 for Haiti Disaster Relief
- Held a Clothing Drive and donated remaining clothing to Bags2School (2010 & 2012)
2011
- Built a Clean Water System in Kenya
2013
- Raised $1000, donated $2000 for Philippines Disaster Relief
- Donated $1000 to Free the Children’s ‘Agriculture and Food Security’
- $500 donated to support Ayni
- $500 donated to support Five with Drive
- $500 donated to support Turn the Page
2014
- Participated in We Are Love by selling buttons for Valentine's Day and donating the funds to Free the Children to support communities in Kenya
Links:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|