Peace Fair

On Monday May 10 the Peace and Justice Studies students hosted their annual Peace Fair. This year's theme was "Where's the Love?". The students explored a variety of issues facing humanity and asked 'where's the love', and tried to respond with practical suggestions about how to make the world a better place to live

Callahan Collier and Bronwyn Warkentin explored the issue of blood diamonds. They suggest that we can make a difference in the world by being less greedy.

Kyle Parton reminded people about the terrible working conditions of many in the developing world.

Torrey Falconer and Erika Hooge sold 'peace buttons' that were created by the class.

Steven Tetreault and Erik Epp shed light on where our chocolate comes from. Where? Mostly the Ivory Coast and mostly from child labor. Where the profits end up? In the first world.

Danika Epp and Taylor Roy and others put their faith in action by emailing GoldCorp, a Canadian mining company about their poor environmental record in Guatemala. GoldCorp's response: they did not reply to the email. Do we care enough to keep pushing them for these abuses against the people of Guatemala?

Judith Schulz captured the mood of what it would be like to be one of the world's IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons).

Lori Pauls demonstrates how to smile for the camera, and what a new breed of artificial trees looks like. These new 'trees' are being 'planted' in an effort to reduce CO2 in the air. Hey, don't real trees do that? Lori reminded us of the need to protect our forests.

Allison Schmidt brought to light the torture that is happening within North America.

Katie Baschak and Kim Koop were 'kidnapping' people throughout the fair and showing them how child soldiers are trained and brainwashed.

Lexi Chalus's booth focused on spreading the love through hugs! Free hugs make the world a happier place to be! Thanks to all of the Peace and Justice students who made this event a success!

Snippets from the last few weeks!

Kyle Parton cuts his hair for Cancer! Kyle has been growing his hair for most of the winter months. It is finally long enough to donate to the Cancer Society. Gail Schellenberg bid for rights to snip off Kyle's locks. All proceeds were contributed to the Pennies for Poverty campaign.

Chorale performed at Osler Mennonite Church. The CMU choir also performed in the joint concert.

The energy is high and the competition fierce in Wellness 10. Joey Fan takes it to Jamieson Fitzgerald who is playing in goal.

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Zac Kruger keeps Vichael Ho and Josh LaFreniere from scoring.

Grade 12 P.E. took on a different flavor. Here Jon Willie shows Baily Neufeld the proper 3 point stance.

Taylor Epp runs for a touchdown....but must make it through blockers Jon Willie and Erik Epp!

Allison Schmidt is not deterred by Jon Willie.

Carmen Pauls assists the Physics 20 class with a cow eyeball dissection. Marina Tetreault, Hannah Jones and Hillary Fast get their 'hands dirty'!

Raymond Hammel explores the inner workings of the eyeball.

Coach Graeme Rinholm returns to RJC to help the team prepare for the upcoming track season.

The students are busy training with Graeme, Laurie Harder and Evan Neufeldt.

The Grade 12 class respond to the Grade 11's invitation to Junior-Senior. I think the answer was YES!

The grade 10 and 11 classes were busy decorating the dininghall in a 'Tim Burton' theme.

Sam Garnett and Brett Hauser were masters of ceremony.

The student body participated in a 'capture the character' race. All activities took place in the dark.

The evening included a honoring ceremony for the grade 12's. Lexi Chalus receives a keepsake from hosts Hannah Jones and Jennifer Klaassen.

Heidi Epp shares 3rd year memories during the evening. Heidi with 22 other classmates have spent 3 years here at RJC.

Ryan Epp and Dave Feick celebrate the registration of our 50th student for next year. Clay Buhler received a can of coke, bag of corn nuts and the honor of being that student.

Students prepare for the upcoming Peace Fair. Torrey Falconer, Callahan Collier, Bronwyn Warkentin and Kim Koop create their Peace buttons.

Bronwyn and Torrey display the buttons on the banner in the classroom.