Bird’s Hill celebration ready to take flight

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If you’re a former student of Bird’s Hill School you might want to make plans to visit the school this week.

Past and present students are invited to celebrate the school’s 25th anniversary at its current location on Sept. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. with an open house at the school located at 3950 Raleigh St.

Students moved from the former school building that was located on the current site where Sobeys is located in the town of Birds Hill in 1987.

Current principal Nori Dehn, who attended Grade 1 to 3 at the original school, said staff and students are looking forward to opening the doors to former students and their families.

“It’s neat, I love this community,” said Dehn, who is entering her third year as principal at Bird’s Hill.

“It’s a very welcoming and caring community we have here. We’re hoping a lot of families, and anyone else who has a connection to the school, can come and celebrate the school.”

Dehn said the celebration is being held in conjunction with the school’s annual meet the teacher night and will include a formal portion with short speeches and singing by students.

Visitors will also have an opportunity to see what was placed in a time capsule that was sealed during the 10th anniversary in 1997.

Another time capsule will be sealed for future students to open at the next anniversary celebration.

Grade 5 teacher Cheryl Tresoor, who has been teaching at Bird’s Hill for 23 years, said she is looking forward to celebrating 25 years at the school she has taught at for so long.

“It’s pretty special because I started my career here,” Tresoor said. “We’re hoping people will experience a flood of memories from their time spent here, and have time to reconnect with people they haven’t seen in a while.”

As part of the celebration, students wrote down their favourite memories of the school last June to commemorate the anniversary. Those memories are now displayed outside their respective classrooms.

Dehn said people attending the anniversary celebration will have a similar opportunity to record their own memories, which will be displayed on the school bulletin board that is used to display student projects.

“We just hope people will have a chance to visit and view some of the memorabilia,” she said.

 

adrian.alleyne@canstarnews.com