Orders for CC:ROSE 'Every Child Matters' buttons are due at school offices by May 4 (tomorrow) 🧡 The buttons will be distributed prior to May 28, 2022, which is the one-year mark since the initial report broke of the Kamloops ground search. Learn more: hwdsb.on.ca/blog/indigenou…

Mental Health Week continues in the LLC with cooperative games, puzzles, and bracelet making!

May is Jewish Heritage Month! Lots to choose from in the LLC to help celebrate. Here are a few suggestions!

Did you know Prom Project welcomes students in all grades who are looking for formal wear? Register for a one hour time slot before Friday! #grade8grad

May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), which is also known as Red Dress Day. The red dresses act as a visual reminder of the women, girls, and Two-Spirit people who suffer violence at a disproportionate rate.

Mental health week continues with discussions around environmental wellness and healthy eating with Green Venture smoothie bikes in the Sherwood Secondary LLC. Mr. Gillis did the first trial batch!

We're getting down to the wire for Prom Project Lite registration! The deadline for students to sign up is Friday, May 6 (TOMORROW!) at 12 p.m. 👗👔 Roughly 50 appointments remain for 3-4 p.m. All other #PPH2022 time slots are filled! Register here: hwdsb.info/PPH2022

For our last #wellness day we had stress relief stations with tea and cookies in the Sherwood Secondary LLC. Thanks to Ms. Stewardson for the resources! This event was such a hit! Stress balls, glitter calm jars, colouring, puzzles, games & bracelet making!

More pictures from today’s mental health and wellness event. Sherwood Secondary

We are so excited to announce the #ForestKIDCommittee & #ForestTEENCommittee Summer Reading List! See what young readers should be reading this summer! Thank you to all the kids & teens for all their hard work making sure the lists are perfect 📚🇨🇦❤️ bit.ly/3tLtS8w

florida high school class president zander moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” in his grad speech, so he replaced gay with “having curly hair.” i am in awe

Happy Pride Month! Check out some of these great titles!

The countdown to summer is officially on once we hit June!

We may not have any books right now, but lots of other great activities still happening! Check out some of these Lego creations. Our senior students were taking their builds very seriously this afternoon! Don’t let anyone tell you Lego is just for little kids! Sherwood Secondary

One more night! All set for our Spring Music Night - the first one in over two years! Excited to fill this auditorium with a live audience again! Sherwood Secondary

Thank you to these resilient students for an amazing year! Sherwood Secondary

Congratulations to Vanessa Petz, Head of Learning Resource at Orchard Park, on winning an OSSTF Human Rights and Social Justice Service Award 🏅 Vanessa was nominated by peers thanks to her leadership in the Equity Ambassadors Program, Positive Space Club, and more. Way to go!

WANNA READ INDIGENOUS WRITERS PT. 1

Looking for a new book? Good news: the Evergreen program is here! Check out the list of nominees or even the winners from the last 5 years to add to your summer reading list. Learn more about our adult reading program here: bit.ly/3Qe3mNe

We hear it from students all the time: “.com websites are bad. .edu and .org websites are good, unless it’s Wikipedia.” These misconceptions can lead students dangerously astray. A thread on the problem and lesson ideas to use with your students. 🧵