School divisions extend supports for students, staff impacted by Humboldt tragedy
As students and staff returned to school Monday in the wake of Friday’s deadly collision involving the Humboldt Broncos, both the Saskatchewan Rivers and Prince Albert Catholic school divisions are working to ensure supports are in place for those who need it.
Director of Education for P.A. Catholic Lorel Trumier said while students are grieving the 15 players and staff who were killed Friday, they are also mourning the unexpected loss of a staff member. She said the division is grieving on many fronts and has offered counselling to those in need.
“We are really relying on our faith to try to reconcile and understand and to seek hope in a time where we need God’s love more than any other time,” she said.
Many staff and students, she said, were taking the news particularly hard as one of the players on the bus was previously enrolled with the division when he played hockey in Prince Albert earlier in his career.