The Citizen, 1996-07-03, Page 15THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1996 PAGE 15.
$11 Brussers Public School.
Student talks of dream catchers
By Nathan Garland
Dream Catching
Parents, Teachers, Guests and
Graduates:
Fashioned from a supple branch
into a circle with
netting on the
inside, decorated
with bead and
feather, a dream
catcher is made.
And what is a
dream catcher
you may ask?
If you were a
native person
you would probably know. It's a
creation that helps keep out the bad
dreams, and hold in the good ones. It
comes in different sizes, different
designs, and different colours. Each
one is unique just like the person who
fashioned it.
How then is elementary school like
a dream catcher? It helps to shape
and to form our dreams. The web is
the knowledge and skills that will
remain with all of us for the rest of
our lives.
Each person's web is different,
because each person is unique. The
strands of the web are the things
we've learned from kindergarten to
Grade 8. Each strand is different
from the next, made up of our
knowledge of language, math,
science, the arts and other parts of the
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The 1996 graduates at Brussels Public School are, back row, from left:
Jason Armstrong, Patrick Gilkes, Betty Bodfield, Cassie Bootzin,
Patricia Wilbee, Michael Comeau, Joel Kellington, Joshua Gropp,
Matthew McLellan, Amanda Van Beek, Nathan Garland. Middle: Justin
Ruttan, Amy Ross, Sarah Seeds, Andrea Bernard, Krissy Dilworth,
Stephanie Patch, Judi Bondi, Matthew Smith, Michael Brewer, Matthew
Cameron. Front: Mark Kroll, Tyler Bragg, Andrew Grant, Josh Jorritsma
Chris Mason.
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