Learning Commons - We are in the process of transforming our library into a Learning Commons! This will involve the library being reconfigured into space that will be utilized for project work and flexible learning space.Watch for their garden to take shape around the sign in front of the school! Their project has covered outcomes in science, language arts and math. They have taken it upon themselves to find ways to incorporate plants in our school. Grade 1 Beautification project - While studying their science unit, Needs of Plants and Animals, Miss Read’s grade 1 class expressed a concern that our school does not have enough plant life.Additionally, our Powwow drum group will be taking their skills on the road to perform at the Ermineskin Year-End Powwow on June 19. There will be a celebration at the school which will include a give-away.

Our dedicated dancers have been hard at work under the direction of Miss Klinger and Miss Reti to prepare for their performance.

Aboriginal Day performances - With Aboriginal Day approaching, several students from grades one to six have joined together to create a uniques dance experience that blends Aboriginal culture with pop culture.

The labor will be getting underway shortly and we look forward to seeing the space change into a usable learning environment. Students have submitted design proposals, developed a budget for supplies and considered various plant characteristics in their planning. This project is cross-curricular and is meeting outcomes in science, math and language arts.

Grade 3 and 4 Courtyard Beautification project - Our grade 3 and 4 classes have been working to design an outdoor classroom in our courtyard area.

View All News Posts Great Things are Happening at Ecole Parkdale School Posted on: Expand ImageĮcole Parkdale School students are engaged and learning in many different ways.

Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP).

To break the Pullman strike, the federal government dispatched troops to Chicago, unleashing a wave of riots that resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen workers. Debs, called for a boycott of all Pullman railway cars, crippling railroad traffic nationwide. On June 26, the American Railroad Union, led by Eugene V. On May 11, 1894, employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago went on strike to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives. Congress would not legalize the holiday until 12 years later, when a watershed moment in American labor history brought workers’ rights squarely into the public’s view. The idea of a “workingmen’s holiday,” celebrated on the first Monday in September, caught on in other industrial centers across the country, and many states passed legislation recognizing it. Others gave rise to longstanding traditions: On September 5, 1882, 10,000 workers took unpaid time off to march from City Hall to Union Square in New York City, holding the first Labor Day parade in U.S. Many of these events turned violent during this period, including the infamous Haymarket Riot of 1886, in which several Chicago policemen and workers were killed.

They began organizing strikes and rallies to protest poor conditions and compel employers to renegotiate hours and pay. People of all ages, particularly the very poor and recent immigrants, often faced extremely unsafe working conditions, with insufficient access to fresh air, sanitary facilities and breaks.Īs manufacturing increasingly supplanted agriculture as the wellspring of American employment, labor unions, which had first appeared in the late 18th century, grew more prominent and vocal.

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