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Labour Day (No classes)

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First Day of Classes

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RVS Board of Trustees Meeting
10:00 am

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School Council Meeting
6:30 pm

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AM Kindergarten

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PWE Terry Fox Run
8:00 am

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RVS Board of Trustees Meeting
10:00 am

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PM Kindergarten

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Professional Learning Day (No classes)

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (No classes)

 
 
 
 

11:00 am - 12:45 pm

Ani to Pisi (Human Spiderweb enactment)

Ani to pisi (spiderweb) is a powerful creation story that comes from Elder Roy Bear Chief’s late older brother Clement.

It is relevant to institutions like Mount Royal University and is a foundational component of the Faculty of Health, Community and Education Strategic Plan.

“I came across it 18 or 19 years ago and I kept it. It laid dormant until I started working at Vibrant Communities Calgary,” said Bear Chief.

It was then that he decided to share the broader teaching implications that can come from it. The visual representation of Ani to pisi is a spiderweb “which speaks to the interrelatedness and interconnectedness” of society.

“It connects us all,” he explains. “It speaks to the idea that we all belong here regardless of who we are.”

Spiderwebs are strong, woven, interconnected silk strands. Spiders use the web to catch their prey. When something lands in their web they feel the vibrations and respond to them. Bear Chief says Ani to pisi teaches us to feel the vibrations and respond to them.

“If there’s problems anywhere on the web it will vibrate, and if you feel those vibrations, you are supposed to go and help.”

But it’s not just  the negative vibrations Ani to pisi teaches us to respond to, according to Bear Chief.

“We need to celebrate good vibrations too. We are all one.”

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Land Acknowledgment

Rocky View Schools would like to acknowledge the land and recognize all the Indigenous Peoples whose footprints have marked these lands from time immemorial. Together, we can learn and honour the Ways of Knowing of Indigenous Peoples for all future generations.