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Here I am at Ranchlands Elementary School. This
school is in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This is a picture of me on the hill
behind the school looking out over the city skyline. That is the downtown
in the background. If I turn around I can see the mountains to the west.
If I look south I can see the ski jumps they built for the 1988 Olympics.
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I started my journey in Calgary, Alberta
Canada. The students at Ranchlands were so excited about their country
that they shared a lot of cool Canadian information and things with me.
They told me about Canadian inventions, weather, sports and food. It is
a great country!
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I learned about a true Canadian hero while at Ranchlands
School. Every year, Ranchlands School participates in a run to commemorate
Terry Fox’s attempt to run across Canada to raise funds for Cancer
research. This year Ranchlands School raised over $5000.00 for Cancer research
with my help. Terry Fox is special because he was a 22-year-old who had
had one leg amputated due to cancer and he tried to run across Canada with
an artificial leg to raise money for research.
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It is too bad I could not come to Calgary during July. That
is when they have the Calgary Stampede. It is “The Greatest Outdoor
Show on Earth”! People come from all over the world to watch the rodeo
and chuckwagon races, go to the fairground, eat pancakes and dance to country
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While in Calgary, I met a lot of other cool bears.
They told me about things they have done and places they have been that
I did not have time to visit. For example, they told me about the Calgary
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I am a very sad bear. The students have all been telling
me about this great hockey team they have here called the Calgary Flames.
I was hoping to get to see a game but there is strike/lock out on. After
the great year the Flames had last year (they went to the seventh game of
the Stanley Cup finals) everyone was excited for this year. The students
shared with me a lot of their Flames things. They must look really good
when they are a “Sea of Red”.
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One of the best parts of my stay in Calgary was going to
school every day with the grade six students at Ranchlands Elementary. In
the classroom there are 65 students and 3 teachers this year. It can be
a very busy place but it is great to be all together for this last year
at Ranchlands.
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Ranchlands School is very lucky to have its own music room
and teacher. The students and I got to go to music classes 2 or 3 times
a week. I really loved all the instruments that I learned how to play. My
favorite was the recorder.
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Ranchland’s school mascot is the Rattler. Whenever
they participate in special activities the students get points for their
house colour. At the end of the year the team with the most points gets
their color painted on the Rattler in the gym. I got to be in the Yellow
house.
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Ranchlands School is on a fairly busy street. Lots of students
have to cross that street to get to school. There are some special grade
six students called Patrols, who stop the traffic and help the children
cross. They work with a policeman to learn how to keep our students safe.
I was such a responsible bear I was chosen to join the team.
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Ranchlands School is very lucky because a few years ago a
group of the parents got together and built a new playground for the students.
When I was there the weather was nice enough for me to spend lots of time
at recess and lunch playing on it. |
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I was able to go on a field trip with the students from Ranchlands.
We got on a school bus and drove for an hour west of the city into the mountains
where we went to the Jumping Pound Demonstration Forest. Here we learned
a lot about trees and animals that live in our forests. We also learned
about what forests are used for. It was a beautiful day. I was on the look
out for my relatives but I did not run into any. |
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