Bon Voyage Sr. Margie!
We were blessed to have Sr. Margie MacDonnell join us for Peace Day the second last day of school. Sr. Margie started as a teacher at ÉRE in 1985. After she retired from teaching in the early 1990s, she continued to be connected to the school as a volunteer and driver of our Peaceable School program. Many have appreciated listening to stories, making butter, nature walks, and her patient and kind way of teaching new skills. For the last several years, she has connected with our classes each week to help develop "Hands are for Helping" and conflict resolution skills. Sr. Margie has been a constant positive role model and a gift to all that meet her.
In 2013, Sr. Margie was presented with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her volunteer work at the school.
Sr. Margie is planning to permanently return to the East Coast this August where she has friends and can continue her volunteer work. She will be missed in Rocky Mountain House. To help her stay connected to her favourite town in the west, the school gave Sr. Margie a subscription to The Mountaineer newspaper.
Thank you Sr. Margie for being connected to our school for 38 years! You have taught us how to be kinder and more helpful to our community and to each other. Please tell everyone on the East Coast that there is a school nestled in the Rocky Mountain foothills that proudly hangs your picture on its school wall. Bon voyage!