Division 11’s Orange Shirt Day Comments, Reflections and Connections to When I Was Eight

by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

• They cut her hair, changed her name, made her change her clothes, and they made her clean – Kensley

• Now maybe they could go back to where their parents are – Nathan
• Now, maybe because the builders saw the little kids were sad, so they decided to knock down the building, make a better school and find nicer teachers to work there – Sina
• Why were the teachers mean there? –Samuel
  • They didn’t see that we can still care about each other even though we are different – Mrs. T
  • Like Allen is Chinese and I’m Filipino, but we’re still friends! – Nathan
  • It doesn’t matter what month you were born, you can still be friends! - Macy
  • And we can remember the book Be Who You Are. It’s okay to be different - Allen
  • What makes you different is what makes you special! Everybody does different things! – Ryan

What makes you special?

• Cause I can do swimming – Meisa
• I’m good at building Lego with my friends – Allen
• The thing that makes me special is I’m really good at finding something secret about a game – Nathan
• I’m kind to my friends and my family and to others even if I don’t know them- Malia
• Because I’m different from others – Jade
• Helping people when they get hurt – Sina
• Singing, chilling in my room and sleeping – Paige
• Playing with my friends, caring about my family and building Lego – Aiden
• Everything! – Christian
• I’m special because I keep trying – Lilian
• I like to be kind to others and make them feel like they matter!  - Mrs. T.

Sharing Circle: I can show others that they matter by…

• including everybody – Stephanie
• helping them and making them feel like they are at home – Paige
• when a person gets mad then you can talk to them in a nice way– Meisa
• making my parents feel happy if they are mad – Chloe
• comforting them and make them feel like they are special – Malia
• calling them by their real name – Mrs. T.
• caring about my friends and help your friends and save your friends life by being a kindly friend and calling 911 to help them – Aiden
• Being brave when someone hurts you and pushes you – Lilian