The beautiful, unseasonably hot weather has brought smiles to the faces of everyone around and has made venturing outside a pleasure! The students at Wildflower Nelson have been connecting to the world around them by expanding their awareness.
May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit Peoples (MMIWG2S). It is also known as Red Dress Day. May 1 to 7 is the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Mental Health Week. May is also Mental Health Awareness Month across North America. This report includes articles related to each of these events.
I hope that all of you enjoyed, yet another, stretch of non-interrupted family time this past long weekend. We had some great fortune to welcome to the school a host of bunny rabbits for a visit last week. Absolutely, precious!
April is a great time to reconnect with one another after spring break, and to reengage with our individual and collective purpose: to support and realize the success of each of our learners as we begin the final three months of the 2022-2023 school year.
A sense of community, an ability to embrace kindness towards oneself and toward others and feeling the joy of physical movement – these are three themes that you will see in this March report. These are also important elements for each child to excel in school and in life.