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February 16, 2016

TORONTO – Since 2002, over 22,000 students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 have participated in these annual athletic, cultural and spiritual celebrations that take place at a number TCDSB sites. The students will be taught ten indoor and outdoor activities based on traditional First Nations, Métis and Inuit games, which focus on physical strength, agility and endurance. Each day’s activities are run by trained secondary student leaders from the hosting school.

The Games emphasize team work and introduce students to sports and activities still alive in northern communities, such as snow shoeing, rope skipping, and spear throw. The opening ceremonies are based on the teachings of the Medicine Wheel and honour the gifts of Mother Earth, reminding students of their sacred connection to nature. Métis guest presenters will engage students with storytelling, music and cultural teachings, both before and after the athletic events.

This year, there are four sites hosting games across the TCDSB, one school in the west, one in the east, one in the north and one in the south. Each site will host 300 students (Grades 4, 5, and 6) from 10 elementary schools.

Locations: all events run from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

February 24: Blessed Mother Teresa	February 25: Dante Alighieri
40 Sewells Road, Scarborough	“Beatrice Campus”
List of participating schools at this site	50 Ameer Avenue, North York
	List of participating schools at this site
February 26: Bishop Morocco –	February 29: Father Henry Carr
Thomas Merton	1760 Martin Grove Road, Rexdale
1515 Bloor St. W., Toronto	List of participating schools at this site
List of participating schools at this site

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The Toronto Catholic District School Board educates more than 92,000 students from diverse cultures and language backgrounds in 201 Catholic elementary and secondary schools, serving over half-a-million Catholic school supporters across the City of Toronto.

As the world’s largest publicly funded Catholic school system, we educate students in an inclusive learning community rooted in the love of Christ, where they are challenged to grow in grace and knowledge and to lead lives of faith, hope and charity.

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