October 6, 2023
On September 28th, 2023 students from LSK School and their provincial sister schools of Shubenacadie District Elementary, Riverside Educational Centre, and Hants East Rural High School placed orange flags in a heart located at the Shubenacadie Residential School site. The project was part of their Equity In Action plans.
The morning began with a prayer and drum, followed by a welcome from Chief Michelle Glasgow. The students from the grade 3 class at LSK school were invited to sing a song they had been practicing called "Forgiveness" by Morning Star and they did such a beautiful job. Each grade was then invited to place the flags in the centre of the heart. In total, 14,000 flags were placed inside the heart. Each flag represented a loved one who survived residential school or didn't come home.
It was such a powerful morning and there are plans to extend the invitation to other communities in the future.
