PETERBOROUGH, ONT. —
A mom and early childhood educator is doing her half to revitalize the Ojibwe language, and assist kids join with their Indigenous heritage.
Ashley Wynne runs Sage and Sunshine, a faculty the place the purpose is to develop kids’s minds together with their cultural roots.
“I did not have any Indigenous associates, and so when my youngsters had been beginning college I actually needed that for them,” Wynne, who has two sons attending the college, instructed CTV Nationwide Information. “Each day we study cultural teachings.”
The Ojibwe language and customs and are a precedence on the college, together with one-on-one time with every little one.
“The foremost cause I needed to carry [my daughter] right here is to include a whole lot of the tradition that we’ve got been lacking,” Dallas Contin instructed CTV Nationwide Information. “She has a tough time studying on the whole, and this chance got here alongside and he or she is definitely beginning to excel now.”
The college follows the provincial curriculum whereas utilizing Ojibwe traditions to create a way of belonging and becoming in.
“I would like them to have the ability to take their tradition and their teachings and never solely carry it with them by means of their life but additionally be capable of educate their very own kids,” Wynne stated.
Eight college students from ages 4 to 9 are at present enrolled within the college, and there’s already a ready listing for subsequent 12 months.
“Seeing my little one having fun with coming to high school and wanting to return to high school is only a win-win,” Contin stated.
Being a non-public college, Sage and Sunshine has arrange a GoFundMe web page to assist with tuition prices for low-income households.
