{"id":2933,"date":"2024-11-04T09:50:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/?p=2933"},"modified":"2024-11-04T09:50:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:50:24","slug":"alouette-elementary-students-share-significance-of-drumming-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alouette\/alouette-elementary-students-share-significance-of-drumming-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Alouette Elementary students share significance of drumming circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/koWFFkikgTM?si=2o-bPQRU167QF8MX\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Students at Alouette Elementary took part in a drumming circle at the end of September for Orange Shirt Day.<\/p>\n<p>Staff and students gathered in a large circle on the school field, joined by Katzie First Nation elder Coleen Pierre and her daughter, Mavis Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>About 10 students stood next to them, holding drums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used this drum to represent where I came from and [to] help out other people understand what the ceremony is,\u201d said Grade 7 student Jakob. \u201cAnd the significance of one drum beat mixed together makes a community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His drum, Jakob added, is special because it was given to him by his grandfather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t really get to spend any time with him,\u201d he said. \u201cSo as long as I can [drum], then I guess that\u2019s all I can really do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The student drummers were accompanying Mavis Pierre, who sang in her traditional language.<\/p>\n<p>Before the performance, elder Coleen Pierre spoke to the students about the significance of wearing orange and thanked them for taking part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is amazing about the presentations, the talks and events that I\u2019m asked to participate in is it\u2019s definitely sincere how the schools address it,\u201d Pierre said. \u201cThey show compassion. If they see me shed tears, they cry along with me, which means, I interpret it as they\u2019re sharing in the sorrow that I carry, that I\u2019ve heard, that I observed from speaking to those survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pierre also read aloud a poem honouring residential school survivors that she wrote after hearing from survivors at an event in Mission, B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Grade 7 student Olivia says it\u2019s important to listen and acknowledge the pain residential schools caused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes me feel sad that people had to actually go through that,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt\u2019s actually something that needs to be taken seriously because it\u2019s actually really sad, and I really feel a connection when they speak about our ancestors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brooklynn, a Grade 6 student, agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really sad for me because they had to go through all that pain, like we didn\u2019t,\u201d she said, adding that even though it\u2019s sad, she\u2019s glad they are acknowledging what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre noted that events like this one highlight the growing awareness of what happened at residential schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means so much to not only myself as an elder, but being a survivor of a residential school survivor,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sd42.ca\/assets\/media\/ALO-DRUMMING.jpg\" alt=\"Alouette Elementary students take part in a drumming circle for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students at Alouette Elementary took part in a drumming circle at the end of September for Orange Shirt Day. 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