Lindsay Thurber celebrates dual birthdays as diverse and persevering

A ceremony held Wednesday at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School celebrated the school’s 70th birthday, Canada’s 150th birthday as well as National Aboriginal Day.

Dignitaries were led in to the ceremony by The Powwow Times Dance Troupe.

As a part of the celebration, one student from each grade was chosen to contribute an item to a time capsule set to be opened fifty years from now.

Grade 9 student, Yoab Anbesa chose to put in a baggie of notes from her classmates, a fidget spinner, and a small photo book of things that were key in 2017. Some of the photos included the government officials, the Carbon Tax, the iPhone 7 trend, and Thurber’s 70th birthday.

“The speakers and what they chose for our time capsules were really interesting choices. Again, they were randomly selected from 1650 kids so it’s a neat cross section,” said Principal Dan Lower.

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The school’s history was talked about in depth and the changes over the last 70 years were highlighted by Lower as being the building blocks for the school’s success to date.

“We look at our history to celebrate things and also to find out where we made some mistakes and try not to do that moving forward.”

During the presentation a video was shown including comments from students about what one word describes Lindsay Thurber to them. The words that students repeated were acceptance and diversity.

“It’s interesting because we didn’t script any of the kids. The things that were put in there were totally random. That’s really how the community feels is that we are diverse and we are proud to be diverse. Our kids are well behaved and if they’re not, there are consequences and we move on,” said Lower.

Lower went on to add that he is incredibly proud of the 400 LTCHS graduates who will go on to be contributing members of society.

“Some people have survived and some people have thrived and that’s just part of that movement forward.”

A banner unveiled during the ceremony showcases 5000 images of students and faculty as well as the LTCHS logo and the Canada 150 logo. Lower said it will hang for all to see in coming years. 

Today also celebrates the final day of classes for the 2016-2017 school year which created a unique combination of themes for the ceremony.

“We are recognizing National Aboriginal Day and trying with our reconciliation to recognize our First Nations, Metis and Inuit students. It all just worked out to be a great day.”