SPIN Club at WE Day!

Today, Mrs. Tresoor and I took 22 Grade 5 SPIN Club members to Bell MTS Place for WE Day! It's always an inspiring day to look around at the crowd of 15 000 students and teachers and appreciate all the messages of hope, kindness, and empowerment.

You can't buy a ticket to WE Day. You EARN it. So the work from last year's SPIN Club allowed us to attend today. Talk about paying it forward!

A highlight was at the end of the day while waiting for our bus, the founder of WE Schools and WE Day, Craig Kielburger stopped to snap a pic with us!  :)

Be sure to look in an upcoming newsletter for our thoughts on the day!

SPIN Club goes to WE Day!

"WE makes doing good, doable!" - Craig Kielburger

 

Attending WE Day is definitely one of my favourite teaching days of the school year! Today, Mrs. Tresoor and I took 16 Grade 5 SPIN Club members to Bell MTS Place to join 16 000 change-makers from Manitoba. The day is always an inspiring one and the purpose of attending WE Day is to get us pumped for a year of social justice. Tickets are NOT bought. They are earned. So, a shout-out goes to students from last year! Once again, we had great seats . . . especially since we are the youngest students to go! Hope you enjoy the video!



What inspired you the most?!

SPIN Club goes to WE Day!

It was an amazing day to join 16 000 difference makers at the MTS Centre for WE Day! Mrs. Tresoor, Mrs. Dyck, and I took 35 Grade 5 SPIN Club members to be inspired! There were so many fantastic speakers and performers! When we returned, the students wrote reflections about their experience. We were blown away from what they shared! We are so looking forward to a year of helping others locally and globally through "Free the Children".

SPIN Club goes to WE Day!

I think attending WE Day Manitoba is by far one of my favourite teaching days of the year! It is so inspiring to attend the event with 16 000 "change making" youth from across the province! The purpose is to kick start our year of campaigns in association with Free the Children. Mrs. Tresoor, Mrs. Dyck and I took 26 Grade 5 SPIN Club members to the MTS Centre yesterday. When we returned to school, we reflected on the day. Here are thoughts from some students:

At WE Day, the person that inspired me was Spencer West because he said lots of different stuff that all meant: No matter how old you are or what you can’t do, that YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. All the other stuff that made me feel good was all the people willing to make a change to the whole world.

The other thing that inspired me was when people waved their phones. It looked like I was in space. It also looked like they weren’t phones floating in mid air . . . they represented sparks of ideas.      – Tommy-Lee

Today was an inspiring Monday. WE Day changed my life. Out of everything, and I mean everything, my favourite presenter was Liz Trinnear. She has such a great message to the world in 2 words: imagination and engineering . . . Imagineering.    

 - Rebecca

Craig Kielburger and his brother Marc spoke into my heart by talking about how to change the world. JR Martinez inspired me by telling us his story. His friends worried about him, so when he was recovered he worried so much for them.      - Cory

I think my favourite part of WE Day was when Henry Winkler and Marlee Matlin came on stage! Marlee Matlin did sign-language and said “believe in yourself” because people told her she couldn’t succeed in life, but she did!     - Sierra

I was inspired by Elliot because he’s not much older than me and involved. The same thing that he did, I’d like to do.      - Donavan

 

WE Day!

Today was the kind of day that makes me love my job even more than I already do! I had goosebumps all day long! Mrs. Tresoor, Mrs. Palamar, and I were thrilled to take 23 SPIN Club members to the MTS Centre to join 16 000 other passionate young people (in Grades 5 to 12) to celebrate social justice at WE Day.

Tickets can't be bought . . . they are earned through volunteerism and commitment with the Free the Children organization. Thanks to the hard work of the SPIN Club last year, we earned FANTASTIC seats this year! The event is to kick-off our year of fundraising and to pump us up to raise awareness at BHS for local and global social causes.

Hope you enjoy the video! I can't help but want to dance when I hear this song!  :)

WE Day Manitoba 2013!

Today, Mrs. Tressor, Mrs. Dehn, and I had the pleasure of taking 27 Grade 6 SPIN Club members to the MTS Centre to join 16 000 other "difference makers" from Manitoba to WE Day! You cannot BUY a ticket to WE Day - you EARN it! It was a phenomenal day . . . full of inspiring messages and heart-felt words of hope. This first video is a slideshow of pictures to give you an idea of what the day was all about!

The second video is for you to experience the energy and enthusiasm taking place when all 16 000 people were doing the WE Day Dance at the SAME time! So cool!

WE Day Dance at WE Day Manitoba - October 30, 2013 from Krista Wasney on Vimeo.

WE Day!

Woohoo! The show's about to start!

Yesterday, Mrs. Tresoor, Mrs. Dehn, and I were fortunate enough to take 27 Grade Six students down to the MTS Centre to participate in WE Day with 18 000 other students! It was an amazing event! WE Day is a concert to raise awareness for social justice concerns around the world. It is a kick-off for students to initiate local and global fundraising efforts within their schools to be carried out during the year. You can learn more about the presenters we saw by clicking HERE.

Last year, Mrs. Dent Scarcello had great participation in her "Me to We" club, and we want to carry on with that enthusiasm. We opened the club up to Grade 5 and 6 students with the understanding that, due to age restrictions, only Grade 6 and up can attend WE Day. Mrs. Tresoor and I were so impressed with the interest from the students, especially our Grade 5 students! We had so much excitement from the Grade 6s that we even had to request that they research a presenter that would be at WE Day Manitoba because we only had 27 tickets for students! Upon returning to the school today, several students wrote thoughtful reflections about their experience at WE Day.

Now, as a group of Grade 5s and 6s, we need to decide on a name for our club and a focus for our local and global fundraising initiatives. I can't wait to see what WE will accomplish this year!

Here's a video of the WE Day Dance, which we all have been practicing! Isn't the energy in the MTS Centre phenomenal?! Wow!



We Day - October 30, 2012 from Krista Wasney on Vimeo.

This day was inspirational, memorable, and so very special. I am both pleased and proud that I was able to participate!