By Kayla Bruch

P.A. Catholic schools show they remember

Nov 10, 2014 | 2:34 PM

On Monday, pre-kindergarten to Grade 8 Catholic schools around Prince Albert, honoured veterans in their own unique way.

At Ecole Holy Cross, they unveiled the 2014 Remembrance Day poster and speaker Tina Poll highlighted the importance of the saying which was printed on the poster.

According to Poll, ‘Show You Remember’ means by wearing a poppy you are showing you will never forget the sacrifices servicemen and women made for the country.

There were several speeches during the school ceremony. One speaker was Brenda Cripps, a former reservist member from the Prince Albert North Saskatchewan regiment.

“It’s fantastic, I’ve been coming to this school for a number of years now [15], “she said. “It’s an honour to come and talk to the young kids.”

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As a reservist, Cripps spent several years working with the Saskatchewan army cadet corps.

“I spent 12 years working with the army cadet core in Saskatchewan,” she said. “Training them and watching them grow up and become good citizens.”

For Cripps, Remembrance Day is very difficult considering her sister, father and two of her uncles are also veterans of war.

Despite the sadness surrounding Remembrance Day, you could see the hope in her eyes as she spoke about the cadets she trained.

“When it comes to schooling or taking the leadership role, and just being good citizens, the kids are excellent,” she said. “Usually then they go on to become rigforce, soldiers.”

At Ecole St. Anne School, the youth entered in silence for their early morning ceremony.

Two teachers read the names of fallen soldiers as a slideshow displayed pictures of the heroic men and women.

Although there were no veterans present, the glee club sang and Grade 4 students did all of the readings, to show their respect.

Jaelyn Prediger is in Grade 8 English. She said she doesn’t have any family who went to war but she understands what Remembrance Day means.

“They fought for the country that we have today, to keep it free and that everybody is equal,” she said. “They helped to keep it sort of peaceful.”

Other ceremonies were hosted this morning at St. Michael Community School, and St. John Community School where they had a colour of the guard from the legion which was not open to the public.

Kbruch@panow.com

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