We Day!

We day was a awesome experience for al the people that went and I was lucky people that got to go to be there to. We were also lucky to meet Mrs.Wong there. All the great people and the speakers there like Mikhail Gorbachev, Mia Farrow, Spencer West, Marc and Crieg Keilberger, and all the others. We day was a GREAT EXPERIENCE. I loved it at We day and so did everyone else. I loved We Day because it help me understand about how the people that sit on the streets don't have much and it inspires me to help all the people who have less than me. I would like to thank the teachers that took us (Ms. King. Mrs. Jeram, Ms. Heinrichs, Mrs. Forsyth, Mr. Lattimer, and Mrs. Wong for getting us the tickets )

 

By: Michaela.S.

 

These  Paragraphs were writing by: Gurpreet.G., Chancey.V., Manisha.M., and Michaela.S.

We Day

We Day

On October 13, Our school's Me To We group went to, "We Day". It was an inspiring event that featured celebrities and motivational speakers like Shawn Desman, "SHAQ" (Shaquille O'Neal), Hedley, Down With Webster, Freshh, Craig and Mark Kielburger, Mikhail Gorbachev, Spencer West, Mia Farrow, Liz Murray, Jesse Cruickshank, Michel Chikwanine, Waneek Horn-Miller, Jesse Giddings, Robin Wiszowaty and Noah Kaplin, not to mention 18,000 Me To We members!

We Day was made to inspire and celebrate the youth movement for global change. Trudeau has helped make one of these changes because we built a school in India!

If you would like to help, you can check out the official website, www.weday.com to donate money, or if you have Facebook, you can like the We Day page, and just by doing that, you'll be donating a dollar towards the group. (We already have 741,381 likes!)

Quotes from We Day

October 13,2011                                                          

These are some of the many quotes that spoke me:

   “It doesn’t matter what age you are too make a difference in the world.” ~Mia Farrow

 "The change starts within each one of us and ends only when all children are free to be children.”  ~Craig Kielburger                                                                                                                                                                                                    “You probably think it is too far to even make a change. Well, think of where you live, what if it happened there?”~Spencer West

      “We aren’t aware of how we’re changing the world. We just make a small change and it affects the movement. The movement that is We.”~Marc Kielburger

“If not me, who? And if not now, when?”~Mikhail Gorbachev

“If there is anything I believe in it’s that this generation of kids can change the world.”~Craig Kielburger   

By: Manisha.M.
      

We Day 2011

We Day was a awesome experience for all the people that went and I was one of the lucky people that got to be there. We were also lucky to meet Mrs.Wong there. All the great people and the speakers were there like Mikhail Gorbachev, Mia Farrow, Spencer West, Marc and Crieg Keilberger, and all the others. We Day was a GREAT EXPERIENCE. I loved it and so did everyone else.

By:  Michaela.S.

These  paragraphs were written by: Gurpreet.G., Chancey.V., Manisha.M., and Michaela.S.

Me to We Flash Mob

     On Tuesday, June 21st, we had a flash mob at Metrotown to celebrate our amazing year. We were on the bottom floor, in between T&T supermarket and Toys R Us. Sadie and Jerrica started off, and everyone else joined in after. We danced to "Club Can't Handle Me" by Flo Rida. The dance committee also added the We Day dance to our dance. In the end, everyone shouted "Me to We". A lot of people were watching from above.
     After the dance, as we were leaving a security guard did come to talk to us, but we didn't get in trouble. He was a former student of Ms. Kezar and he said that  if we ever wanted to do it again, just tell them and they'll get everything ready. Everything was fine and everyone had a lot of fun! Here is the video for our Flash Mob.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he0a3I-dRFg

Thank you to Kevin for helping with the music and to Mr. Lattimer, Ms Diesvelt, Mrs. Wong, Ms Mack and Ms King.  We've learned so much in this club and also had so much fun! Check out the slide show made by Kam!

Me to We Assembly

     On Friday, May 27th. we had a Me to We assembly. We invited Mr. Bakshi and Mr. Claire to come to the assembly because they donated and supported us and we wanted to honor them. Alicia Doo from the Free the Children organization was also at the assembly.


     Sadie, Simran, Anjana, Laura, and Meili ran the whole assembly. Sadie made a Prezi to go along with what they were talking about. They talked about our guests donating money and about how we reached our goal. Then Alicia Doo talked about how Free the Children started. She told everyone about countries in poverty and how Craig Keilburger and 12 other kids started to help. Now a lot of kids are a part of Free the Children to help other countries in poverty. Then we gave the cheque to Alicia Doo and took some pictures. Mr. Lattimer summarized what Me to We did in the past two years and we ended the assembly with Hearts Around the World. 


     After the assembly, we had a lunch  in the library. All our members brought food to share.  Our guests joined us and we had a big celebration. The Me to We club got a chance to talk to the guests and we also had fun. Mr. Bakshi and Mr. Claire gave a speech about what they thought of us helping other countries. Then Mr. Lattimer brought out an ice-cream cake to celebrate what we have done. It was a big day for the Me to We club and we hope to see pictures of the school next year. 


     Our Me to We group also received the Big Dreamers Award from Free the Children. We will get an extra $5000 for the community our school is being built in India. We have raised $13,500 in the past two years. 

Me to We Meeting

     We had a Me to We meeting on Friday the 13th. It's almost the end of the school year and we've got a lot to do. 


     We have been successful this year and we raised enough money to build a school in India. A lot of people donated money, so we want to thank them. We couldn't have done it without those who donated money. Our Me to We group will be having a assembly on May 27th. We hope that those who donated money will come and see us present a cheque to Free the Children. The children in India would be delighted to have a new school. 


     Komalpreet, from the Local committee, is ordering Me to We t-shirts for our group. The t-shirts are going to be made out of bamboo. We hope to get the t-shirts before the assembly and wear it in the assembly. 


     The Local committee is also planning to have a movie fundraising night in the gym. It will take place on June 8th. The money raised will go to Covenant House to help the homeless youth. 


     Every year the grade 7s go on to high school. The Me to We club would like more people to join when the grade 7s leave. A group of boys are making a slide show to show other children what we do. We are hoping that everyone will be joining the Me to We club to help others. 


     We would also like to thank the teachers that are involved in the Me to We club. They spend their lunch hours at our meetings and help us organize stuff. Without them the Me to We club wouldn't be possible.