Remembrance Day Ceremony - Program/Script

10:20 Call all students back to their homerooms

Call scouts/cadets to assume positions in the hallway and flag bearer
Call student MCs and piper

10:30 Start student body transition to large gym

call grade 8 patterns 2 at a time AB, CD, EK, IJ
call grade 7 patterns 2 at a time AB, CD, E, IJ
call grade 6 patterns 2 at a time AB, CD, E, IJ
Call Louises class 6, 7, 8 L students last and they will be sitting in the back

10:30 Start the music and video in the gym

10:45 Assembly starts

Piper plays and walks, then takes position

o flags carried by uniformed students, take position to hold flags
o wreaths carried by uniformed students, place wreaths and take position along
aisle
o cross carried by uniformed students, place wreaths and take position along
aisle
o honoured guests take seats
o remainder of uniformed students line aisle

10:47 O Canada
Lanieca - Please rise for the singing of O Canada (Gr 8 choir leads singing)
Play video in silent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mvJW1_l4GM-

10:50 Welcome to the Ceremony

Om- Please take a seat. Hello and welcome, my name is Om Parekh and I will be one of
your MCs for this mornings Remembrance Day Ceremony. I am also joined by Daniel W
and Mikaela T. We would like to thank you all for coming today. This Remembrance Day
Ceremony gives us time to commemorate those who have sacrificed their lives for our
freedom. Due to the nature of the assembly, we respectfully ask that there is no applause at
anytime during the ceremony. To begin with we would like to Welcome Mr Dekens up to say
a few words.

MC Mikaela- Bonjour et bienvenue tous!

Je mappelle ________. Je vous remercie dtre prsents ici aujourdhui parmi nous,
afin de clbrer humblement le jour du souvenir.
Cette occasion nous offre loccasion de commmorer ceux et celles qui ont sacrifi leur
vie pour notre libert.
En signe de respect et en raison du genre de crmonie prsente aujourdhui, nous
vous prions de ne pas aplaudir en aucun moment durant cette assemble solennelle.
10:52 Why we Remember
Dekens - Across Canada, and in many other countries, people gather on November 11 to
honour the courage and devotion of brave men and women who made the supreme
sacrifice of dying for their country. The hostilities of the First World War ceased on
November 11, 1918, at 11:00 a.m.. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh
month. The following year marked the first observance of a day to remember and honour
those who had died, as well as to give thanks for the sacrifices made by those served their
country. Since then, Canadians have fought in other conflicts and many have given their
lives so that we might enjoy freedom today. They too should be remembered.

10:56 Introduction to In Flanders Fields Poem

Daniel W- The poppy is the recognized symbol of remembrance for war dead in Canada.
The flower owes its significance to the poem In Flanders Fields, written by John McCrae, a
field surgeon in the Canadian artillery during the First World War. McCrae composed the
poem while sitting in the back of an ambulance after the death of a close friend and
comrade, Alexis Helmer. The poppy references in the first and last stanzas of the poem
contributed to the flower's status as an emblem of remembrance and a symbol of new
growth amidst the devastation of war. We would like to invite Riley Swidinsky up to share
this poem with us

10:57 In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

Riley Swidinsky - In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

French student 10:59 Au champ d'honneur (adaptation du pome: In Flanders

Fields, de John McCrae)
Mina - Au champ d'honneur, les coquelicots
Sont parsems de lot en lot
Auprs des croix; et dans l'espace
Les alouettes devenues lasses
Mlent leurs chants au sifflement
 Des obusiers.
Nous sommes morts
Nous qui songions la veille encor'
nos parents, nos amis,
C'est nous qui reposons ici
Au champ d'honneur.
vous jeunes dsabuss
vous de porter l'oriflamme
Et de garder au fond de l'me
Le got de vivre en libert.
Acceptez le dfi, sinon
Les coquelicots se faneront
Au champ d'honneur.
Adaptation signe Jean Pariseau,
Major, historien, militaire et religieux,
crivain et gnalogiste canadien.

11:02 "The Last Post" 1 minute of silence "The Reveille"

Ken Lewis- We would ask that you please rise. We invite Tanner LaPointe to perform the
Last Post, followed by a moment of silence and the (ra-val-ee) Reveille. We would ask that
during this time, you take a moment to think about the soldiers today, fighting for our
freedom and of those that have fought for us in the past.

Daniel: We will now have the grade 8 choir perfom Danny Boy by Julie Knowles.

11:05 Gr. 8 Choir Danny Boy

11:10 Studetns- guest speakers- What freedom means to me poems

Isaac, Emma, Jayme, Crew

11:15 Om: We will now hear from the select choir who will be singing After the War
arranged by Mark Sirett
Select Choir After the war

Daniel- We will now have the band play Legend of Eagles composed by David Schaffer, a
piece celebrating the courageous people who stand for what is right in our world and protect
our freedom.

11:20 Band - Legend of the Eagles by David Schaffer

Om: we would now like to invite Mr. Christensen up to give us our closing remarks
11:25 Closing Remarks
Darryl - A special thanks to all of those involved in this ceremony, and to the people of the
community, teachers, staff, and students for attending this commemorative event merci
beaucoup. We will now have Lauren Platz pipe the flag bearers, cadets and guests of
honour out of the gym. They will be followed by parents and members of the
community. We ask that the grade 7 teachers lead your patterns out of the gym first,
followed by the grade 6 patterns and then the grade 8 patterns.