CDS Social Justice

List of 5 news stories.

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  Student Champions Cause with Pop Can Tab Drive

  Since the summer after Grade 9, Brianna Torrealba ’26 has been volunteering weekly at Mackenzie Health Hospital in Richmond Hill. Her dedication has taken her through various departments, from assisting patients in the Medical Imaging Unit—prepping for MRIs, ultrasounds, and nuclear medicine appointments—to supporting laboratory operations, processing requisitions, and restocking essential supplies.
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  Tour For Humanity Brings Powerful Lessons to CDS

  This week, CDS had the privilege of hosting the Tour for Humanity — a mobile classroom created by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FOSW). Led by passionate educators Simon and Ariel, this travelling learning experience delivered impactful and age-appropriate workshops to students in Grades 6, 8, 10, 11 and 12, as well as a dedicated CDS parent group.
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  Tour For Humanity - Holocaust and Genocide Educational Experience

  By Dave Downer

  
  

  From April 8 to April 10, many Country Day School students will have a special educational experience when the school hosts the Tour for Humanity mobile classroom. This traveling classroom is an education centre sponsored by The Friends Of Simon Wiesenthal.
  
  Throughout the three days, we will have students from Grades 6, 8, 10, 11 and 12 attend age-appropriate workshops on genocide and the Holocaust that are linked to their class studies.  The self-contained mobile classroom will be set up in the Junior School parking lot on each of the three days and students will go for lessons led by FOSW instructors. More information about the classroom and workshop descriptions can be found here: Tour For Humanity
  
  

  There will also be an opportunity for interested family members to attend a workshop organized specifically for them on Thursday, April 10, from 12:45 - 1:45pm. If this is of interest to you, please email Mr. Downer to have your name added to the list on a first-come, first-served basis. Space for this parent and guardian workshop is limited to 28 individuals.

   

  Email Mr. Downer at: dave.downer@cds.on.ca.
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  Pop Can Tabs - Challenge Accepted!

  At Thursday’s morning Senior School assembly, Social Justice updated the students on the progress of the pop can tab collection that has been running at the school since September.
  
  The Social Justice members poured another batch of tabs into the collection container and then said it was worthy of an impromptu dress down day in April. Not so fast, said Mr. Viotto. He noted that there had not been any consultation with administration about this, and that, in any case, the container was not sufficiently full to warrant a dress down day. After some good natured on-stage haggling, Mr. Viotto compromised with a challenge. Fill the container up to the level he chose and the Middle and Senior Schools could earn an additional dress down day. 
  
  So there it is, CDS. Collect as many tabs as you can until the end of March and add them to the collection container in the Senior School office and see if you can win an extra dress down day. Tabs can come from canned beverages, but also from soup, pet food or tuna cans. They all count. Social Justice will donate the tabs and a cheque to the Robert Hampson Tabs For Kids Fund which purchases wheelchairs and other equipment for children in need. 
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  Social Justice - Cookiegrams/The Small Project

  Last week, Social Justice members delivered 350 cookies to students in the Middle and Senior Schools. In the two weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day, students placed orders for the giant chocolate chip cookies and, in the Senior School, also created messages for the recipients of attention. There was quite a buzz of energy in the building as students received their treats and messages like “From your secret admirer” or a simple “Have a cookie!”. Regardless of whether they were purchased for friends or for themselves,  students eagerly devoured the delicious treats.

  
  

  As well as raising spirits, the cookie drive was held for The Small Project, a charity that Social Justice and CDS students have supported since 2017. The Small Project is a charity run by Rex and Mary Ellen Taylor, whose two daughters, Bronwen ‘05 and Morgan ‘08 attended and graduated from CDS. 
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