Red Deer Public Schools releases Remembrance Day video for community
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Recognizing Remembrance Day in schools and remembering those who fought and continue to fight for our freedom is extremely important to students and staff in Red Deer Public Schools – in fact, according to District officials, it’s one of the biggest ceremonies on the school calendar each year.
For a second year in a row, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools are not able to host their traditional Remembrance Day ceremonies given the limits on assemblies in schools. Officials note, Red Deer Public Schools had to come up with a creative idea on how all 12,000 of its students and staff would commemorate Remembrance Day. As a result, schools came together and a dynamic video was produced that was shown Division-wide on Tuesday.
“Our Remembrance Day video has a strong local connection with a variety of our schools participating in the production,” said Chad Erickson, Superintendent. “We showcased the 100th year of the poppy, the Flags of Remembrance, which can be seen lining Highway 11 near Sylvan Lake, in the Town of Sylvan Lake and in Lacombe, as well as in other locations across the country.”
In both an act of remembrance as well as establishing an enduring legacy, Erickson further points out that they also included a major announcement regarding a $1 million Memorial Bursary Fund in memory of William Arthur Bower, a Red Deer student who was killed in action in 1916 in World War I at the age of 22.
