Like most young people, the students of the North Vancouver School District relish the opportunity to spend the day outside.But last December, the senior leadership class at Carson Graham Secondary…
Like most young people, the students of the North Vancouver School District relish the opportunity to spend the day outside.
“I got to put myself in their shoes,” said Kseniya Yakovenko, one of the 24 high school students who bundled up and huddled together to brave an icy, winter night in support of the charity and the homeless population it serves. “It made me realize how frightening and tough it must be to do that every single day.”
“We’re given a cardboard box, a sleeping bag and a tuque, and out we go. It should be quite the experience for all of us who see and work with youth but sometimes don’t necessarily see the challenges that some of them are really going through,” he said. Pearmain drew a link between Sleep Out and the recent focus on social emotional learning in B.C.’s schools — a concept the North Vancouver School District has embraced, and just this week announced as a district priority.
“It just made me realize how grateful I am to be living in North Vancouver and having a roof over my head, and food on the table every day,” she said.
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