We are Silent

We had a successful We are Silent afternoon.  This is in honour of those who don't have a voice, who don't have the rights and privileges we do.

 After a slow start we had many participants and each bought a We are Silent mask for a dollar so that we made about 250 dollars profit to donate to our Me to We project in India.  All students were silent for the afternoon but some began earlier taking the vow all day.  Here are a couple of impressions of the afternoon from two Division One students

"We are doing the Vow of Silence right now, at

this moment.  It feels very different as I'm writing.  My neighbour who sits beside me would be normally chattering away if not for this Vow of Silence.  But, that is not the point of this, to keep noisy people from talking.  The major point in this whole thing is that others in this world don't have a right to speak up and defend or choose for themselves.  They don't get the opportunity.  So I feel pretty good knowing that we're doing this, supporting this!  I've done the Vow of Silence before and it felt weird to talk again afterwards.
But then, I got to realize that we get to talk and laugh and have that right after not speaking for so long yet the kids who we are doing this for won't!  They are stuck like that!  Knowing that feels terrible.  Then I know I am helping them and it helps the bad feeling inside.  I am very thrilled to be doing this We are Silent."  Arshpreet

"Today after lunch the Me to We club and other students and teachers around the school took part in the We are Silent.  Me to We had a fundraiser to sell We are Silent masks for a dollar.  On April 17th we decided to be silent.
It feels very quiet without talking.  I almost talked because if you want to tell someone something important you have to communicate but since I took a vow of I have to keep that vow.  Being silent makes me feel like I don't have a voice either, but it is great that our school has raised money to help kids who don't have a voice."  Ramdeep


Our next project will be asking for donations from those attending  our intermediate musical, the History of Rock and Roll on May 16.

What has been happening with Me to We?!

Here is a picture from our latest We to Me meeting.

We have had a busy few months in We to Me.  We had a very successful food drive at Christmas for the Food Bank.  900 items were collected as well as a donation of $90 that Division One made selling snacks to parents who attended the Christmas primary play.

We collected three hundred dollars worth of pennies for the the Free the Children/Royal Bank Clean Water campaign.  This is enough to give 12 people fresh water for life.That was a lot of penny counting.

The next fund raising event was selling candy grams for Valentine Day.   170.70 was raised.  We also had a fun event when we had the senior boys and girls basketball teams play a mixed exhibit game.  Spectators paid a dollar raising another $46.

Next project planned is the We are Silent annual fundraising and awareness-raising campaign.  Once again we are planning to sell masks to people to participate in our afternoon of silence and some students will be collecting pledges for being silent as well.   This event is to stand up for children who are being silenced by the denial of their basic human rights.  

Successful Campaign

Great work on Halloween for Hunger campaign.  Over 900 items were brought in for the Vancouver Food Bank. 

Next campaign will be We Create Change.  The fundraising committee has lots of great ideas they will be sharing with us.  Stay tuned.

Finally Pictures from We Day

Now where did those glasses come from?














There are some happy looking participants!

Are these some movie stars or something?













Looks like Amita is enjoying herself!

More happy faces!

And More on We Day

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We Day was very inspiring! I really enjoyed it. 

When we got there I was bored at first because the host had to keep saying these lines so they can edit them and put this in the T.V. special episode that will be shown on November 11 at 7:00 P.M. on CTV and Much Much.

There were a lot of stars but my three favourites were Magic Johnson, Spencer West, and Craig and Mark Kielburger.

All the other stars were great but I picked those three because they were very inspirational. Magic Johnson, a famous basketball player, is fighting Aids, Spencer West climbed Mount Kilimanjaro without any legs, and Craig and Mark created Me to We.  All of them are also very inspirational and I knew about them and I liked them too.

  We Day really changed me and I often think about bullying and how to stand up to stop it.


  By: Balkaran Dhaliwal

More reports from We Day

Here is Harry's report
On October 18, 2012 I went to we day and it was lots of fun. When we got there we had to find our seats and after we found them we sat down. About ten minutes later the show began and I was really excited for it. There were lots of performers there like Demi Lovato, Cody Simpson, One Republic and etc. My favourite band was One Republic. Lots of people came and talked about poverty like Magic Johnson and the Kielburger brothers. They all had very inpiring speeches. I really enjoyed the show, and We Day was really inspiring and if we all work together we can end poverty and BE THE CHANGE.
And from Amita...
On Thursday, October 18, 2012, I went to We Day.  Thousands and thousands of people were there.  First, I was scared that I might get lost but I didn't.  Then we went up the stairs and entered and sat on our seats then the show began.  Lots of famous people came and gave a speech.  In every speech that the famous people gave, they said WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE.  And all those speeches touched my heart especially the one when a little girl came up.  She said if we are one anyone can hurt us and harm us, but if we are together no one can hurt or harm us.  So let's make the change!

We Day

19 students and Ms. Jeram, Ms. King, and Laura attended We Day.  Although it was an early morning all had a great time.  To learn more about We Day and to find out when you can watch the broadcast if you were not one of the lucky ones to attend,  here is the link!  Stay tuned for pictures and more reports!

Here is Rajveer's report on the day!
We Day was a very special day. I had so much fun and I liked it a lot. I think We Day was fun,because of the noise,the singers, and the other special people who came. It was very special because of the inspiring speeches and I also learned a lot from those speeches. My favorite part of the We Day was when Sean Desman, Magic Johnson and the Kielburger brothers spoke. We Day was amazing and it was spectacular.