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We asked our secondary students to channel their inner Dickens and write short stories about Christmas or set during this season of the year. They were asked to be creative and to illustrate their stories with a picture related to it. Many Christmas tales were written, and then we used them to decorate some big Christmas presents, which contributed to create the atmosphere of the season in our school.     Younger students prepared postcards with messages, in English and in French, and with all their enthusiasm our school was beautiful and joyful, irradiating the Spirit of Christmas!  

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This year, to recreate the spirit of Thanksgiving, we had a wonderful special Thanksgiving lunch. Our menu was  roast turkey with lots of gravy, pasta, salad, pumpkin soup and  jelly.  We decorated the canteen "Thanksgiving style" with leaves, nuts, Autumn fruits, corn cobs, wheat spikes and pumpkins. Of course, lunch was prepared and served by our own  nice "pilgrim" canteen ladies.

Because Thanksgiving is all about  being thankful for the important things in our lives, our teachers asked us to  reflect on all the good things and opportunities we are grateful for  this year  and write them down on Post-it notes. All the messages were posted to a big wall next to the canteen and throughout the day we could go there  to read the notes and add some more. It was interesting  to stand and read the gratitude plastered on that wall. Deep, meaningful, significant things....  side by side with fun teen jokes, of course.