{"id":4082,"date":"2013-10-02T13:24:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T17:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=4082"},"modified":"2013-10-09T14:34:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T18:34:54","slug":"school-team-builds-celebrating-franco-ontarian-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/school-team-builds-celebrating-franco-ontarian-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"School team-builds celebrating Franco-Ontarian heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Doner
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Students at ESC Renaissance secondary school were lucky enough to spend Thursday outside to celebrate Franco Ontario Flag Day and also take part in the Terry Fox run.<\/p>\n

Throughout the day, students from all grades were divided into teams competing in a series of events and activities. The team with the most points at the end of the day won all the bragging rights.<\/p>\n

School principal, Martyne Laurin, said the event was met with a positive reaction from students each year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were pretty excited about today, that\u2019s why you see so many students enjoying this experience together,\u201d she said. \u201cSo far the comments have been good and the older kids have really come in charge of organizing the activities and have shown good leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the first year the annual event paired students from all grades together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to see them interact with each other, because they don\u2019t spend much time together,\u201d Laurin said. \u201cI think the Grade 12s are seen as mentors to the other students, so it\u2019s a good experience and hopefully good school spirit comes out of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also pointed out that ESC Renaissance has been winning the annual school spirit award out of 10 other French schools in the area.
\nSylvie Lessard, chair of the school\u2019s parent council, said the event also serves a larger purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year there are celebrations on the 25th in line with Franco Ontario Flag Day to have the children be aware of their pride and culture and this year is the first time that we decided to combine it with the Terry Fox Run,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

To participate in the event, each student in the school of roughly 620 students was asked to bring in $6. That money went toward purchasing some snacks, refreshments and t-shirts, with the rest going to the Terry Fox Run.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the students have been given green and white t-shirts, which are the same colours as the flag,\u201d Lessard explained. \u201cThe green stands for summer, the white for snow, the fleur-de-lis stands for global French and the trillium is the Ontario flower.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emily Li Niap Fah, who is the voice of the student body as school council president, said her peers were pumped for the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have been so excited,\u201d she said with enthusiasm. \u201cIt\u2019s our day to celebrate our French culture, to be proud of it and show everyone that we are proud. People have been waiting for this day, especially to not have class, but they are also excited to have the chance to have fun with each other, to talk to other students and party in French.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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