聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Arcola School is celebrating Education Week-Oct.19-23- with a week's worth of events and聽 Friday's finale is a talk by globally-ranked Masters runner, author, humanitarian and motivational speaker, Ted Jaleta.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淎rcola School has been committed to celebrating Education Week for nearly 10 years,鈥� says teacher Judy Naylen. 鈥淲e have activities planned for each day during the week. We've brought in some awesome speakers in the past-such as Steve Whittington who climbed Mount Everest and tornado hunter, Greg Johnson. And this year, we have Ted Jaleta.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Jaleta's book, 鈥淣ever Give Up' tells the story of Jaleta's life. As a farm boy in Ethiopia, Jaleta was on his way to a world-class running carrer when civil wore broke out in the 1070s. Imprisioned and tortured after being caught up in a peaceful demonstration, Jaleta eventually came to Canada in 1982, as a refugee. Since then, he has been honoured with numerous awards-including the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal-and he is determined to repay Canada and his fellow citizens for the second chance he has been given by sharing his message of hope, courage, hard work, and a positive attitude.聽
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚 got the opportunity to meet Ted Jaleta at the Queen City Marathon in Regina,鈥� says educational assistant, Cathy Burton, who helped arrange his appearance in Arcola. 鈥淗e's an amazing person and he has an amazing story that will be meaningful for all ages-not just the kids at the school. That's why we've opened it up to people of all ages and聽 everyone in the surrounding area who would like to come and hear him speak.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淗is story is so inspiring, meaningful, and humbling and it is a reminder to many of us how much we have to be thankful for.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Other events at the school reserved for staff and students are an appearance by guest speaker Riley Raynard, whose presentation 鈥淟iving With Cystic Fibrosis鈥� will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 21, an appearance by the Estevan Bruins on Tuesday, Oct. 20, and a free pancake breakfast and a staff versus SRC volleyball game on Thursday, Oct. 22. Activities also include school-wide reading buddies and a craft night.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚 love that our students in SRC and SADD also take ownership of activities during our week by planning and cooking our free pancake for parents and students,鈥� adds Naylen. 鈥淎nd thanks to sponsors like Food World and Chapman's for helping with the cost of the breakfast.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淥ur students and staff look forward to Education Week each year. I find that planning special days makes learning fun and makes students want to be here.鈥�
