Students at Kitchener school plant reconciliation paper hearts
Students at Sheppard Public School planted hearts in the school's front yard to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day.
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A student holds up a heart with an intricate drawing on it. Some of the hearts were words, others were pictures and there were several with designs and rainbows on them. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)
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Students at Sheppard Public School in Kitchener planted hearts in the front yard of the school to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day on Thursday.
The paper hearts included messages of love, hope and reconciliation to honour those impacted by the residential school system.
A student in Mme. Leah Lukezich's Grade 3 class works on her heart before the whole school went outside to create a paper heart garden. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)
Ciara Harris and Rosa Doucet in Mme. Leah Lukezich's Grade 3 class hold up the hearts they made before going outside to plant them. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)
Three grade 6 students spoke before the hearts were planted including Trina Manhanga, right, Cora Moreno, left, and behind them is Melodie Harman. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)
The hearts all had different messages of hope, love and reconciliation. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)
Students planted hearts all over the front lawn of the school. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)
Hearts that read 'every child matters' were planted by some of the students. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)
Students planted hearts to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day at Sheppard Public School in Kitchener. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)
