On Thursday, November 10, we held our Remembrance Service at the Immaculate Conception Parish Church. Our grade six class lovingly led the service with reverence and respect for our armed forces members who’ve passed away in the line of duty. It was a solemn yet beautiful reminder of the recognition that our armed forces members deserve.
The service started with one of our grade seven students playing “Reveille” on trumpet. When played on Remembrance Day, this song symbolizes a soldier rising above his mortal duties.
Each class had one representative light a candle encircling our poppy wreath while the whole school sang “Light a Candle for Peace.” One of our grade six students read from the book of Micah (Micah 4:3-5) and afterwards, our whole grade six class sang “In Flanders Fields” accompanied by a student on violin. Another grade six student recited “Why Wear a Poppy” by Don Crawford. Lastly, a grade seven student played “The Last Post” before our minute of silence. Remembrance Day is a day of great importance for our ICS Community because we acknowledge and expand on our responsibility to work towards the peace that our armed forces members worked so hard to achieve.
"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old'
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
- Excerpted from “For the Fallen” by Laurence Binyon -
