🏡✨ What Does “Home” Mean to You? ✨🏡

For the second year in a row, under the leadership of our incredible secondary teacher Sandra Burch, four outstanding student leaders—Michael, Mac, Thalia, and Teagan—stepped up to make a meaningful impact.
Our student leaders visited St. David School, where they planned and delivered a thoughtful lesson to Ms. Visentin’s class. Together, they guided students to reflect on one powerful question: What does home mean to you?
From there, students expressed their ideas through poetry as part of the national Meaning of Home Contest.
🇨🇦 The impact of this initiative is incredible:
➡️ 19,065 entries submitted across Canada
➡️ $190,650 raised (and counting!) for local Habitat for Humanity builds
➡️ Every entry = a $10 donation to our local Habitat to help families in need
And the prizes are just as inspiring:
🏆 Grand Prize: $30,000 grant toward building a Habitat home + iPad + pizza party
🥈 Runner-Up: $10,000 grant + tablet + pizza party
✨ Winners are still to be announced!
Back at St. Albert, we celebrated our students by hosting a local contest. With so many powerful submissions, selecting winners was no easy task but we proudly recognized our Top 5 poems.
Last week, Sandra and Christina had the honour of presenting each winner with:
🏆 A certificate
🖼️ A beautifully framed copy of their poem, which made a meaningful Easter gift to share with their families
And to celebrate every participant…
🧢 Our secondary students designed and created custom caps for all 24 students because every voice and every story mattered.
This experience is about more than a contest. It’s about leadership, compassion, and helping students realize that their words can truly make a difference.
We are so proud of our students for leading with heart and showing us all the true meaning of home.
🙏 Thank you to Sandra, our amazing student leaders, St. David School for always welcoming us, and every student who shared their voice through poetry.