CDS Student Participates in March of the Living
Growing up, Grade 11 student Seth Train heard stories firsthand from his grandparents and older sister Rebecca ’19 about the annual March of the Living, a two-week educational experience held in Poland and Israel. For the past three years the program was cancelled due to COVID and then the war in Ukraine, so for Seth it was especially meaningful that he was able to participate over the past two weeks in this life-changing family tradition.
Ten thousand people from all over the world participated in the annual 3-kilometer march along the train tracks from Auschwitz to Birkenau this year. The walk took place on Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day - as a tribute to all victims of the Holocaust.
“You hear all of the stories about the Holocaust, but nothing can prepare you for this experience,” said Seth who was part of a 160-high school student contingent from Toronto. “We were joined by other people from Panama, Argentina, the US, Australia, South Africa, the UK, including five survivors.”
While in Poland, the group also visited and acknowledged the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as visiting two other death camps, Treblinka and Majdanek, and the city of Kraków. They then flew to Israel to join the entire Jewish community in celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s 75th Independence Day. There they marched as a group from the Jerusalem City Hall to the Western Wall.
“From the past, we learn about the present. From the present, we learn what to do with the future. I believe that the only way to guarantee the survival of the Jewish people is through education. The children must learn, so they can teach future generations.” - Irving Eisner, survivor
Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
13415 Dufferin Street King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
