Remembrance Day 2011

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.
Lt. Col. John McCrae

On Friday our grade seven and eight students will be attending the Remembrance Day service at the Centotaph in downtown St. Catharines. A wreath will be placed at the foot of the monument by a Beacon student in honour of Canadian soldiers who gave their life in service to their country.

Also, on Friday, at 11 AM, the students in grades JK-6 will participate in a short Remembrance Day service in our multi-purpose room. The students will hear about the poem, “In Flander’s Fields” and the significance of poppies for Remembrance Day. After a short presentation on “why we commemorate Remembrance Day” we will have a moment of silence and sing “O Canada.”

Poppies will be available for all of the students on Remembrance Day. Please consider having your child contribute some change to the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund on that day.