Crocus Plains high school staff make their own shirts for Orange Shirt Day
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The staff at Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School weren’t going to let a late order of shirts take away from their support of residential school survivors.
“The staff wanted to get together and honour the survivors of residential schools, but it wasn’t possible to make a large order of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society shirts on time,” said Crocus Plains music teacher Deanna Ginn. “So we decided to put our heads together and make our own.”
Graphic design teacher Brent Lowrie designed the shirts, which have an infinity symbol surrounded by a dream catcher beside the “Every Child Matters” slogan for Orange Shirt Day.
Crocus Plains staff sourced out some orange shirts, and staff volunteers began pressing the shirts after school on Wednesday with
what they had in the graphics department, Ginn said.
“Over half the staff is decked out in orange to show support and lots of kids are wearing orange today as well,” Ginn said. “The response has been amazing. Students have been asking where they can get one.”
Leading up to Orange Shirt Day, Crocus Plains students have been taking part in in-class discussions and raising awareness regarding residential schools and the damage that has been done to indigenous communities nationally, Ginn said.
“It’s an important issue,” Ginn said. “It’s great to feel everyone coming together.”
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