Learning through Silence
This morning Richland’s Prek and JK children honoured children around the world with our ‘We Are Silent’ initiative in partnership with Free The Children, with a 45 minute session in the school...
Free the Children Tag
70,000,000 Pennies raised for Free The Children so far…
Richland Academy was honoured to be one of three guest schools invited to Free the Children’s press conference on Monday, February 4th in Toronto. Our Ambassadors represented the Richland Community and presented...
Richland Academy Presents… “Powerless”
We are proud to be a dedicated member of Peaceful Schools International and Free The Children’s ‘We Schools in Action.’ [iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/43906331" width="100%" height="300"] ...
End-of-Year Assembly
On June 11th, Richland students, staff and families convened for our Closing Ceremonies, commemorating our 2011-2012 school year. In celebration of this event, we honoured our special parent volunteers for their contributions...
FREEDOM from Exploitation, Poverty, Thirst and Disease
This week, Richland Academy students and staff participated in various fund- and awareness-raising activities in support of Free The Children’s ‘Five Days for Freedom’ campaign. The purpose of this initiative is to...
First Haiti Goal Accomplished!
Congratulations to the entire Richland Community for their amazing support and accomplishment of reaching the $8,500 Adopt-a-Village Education Pillar goal in less than one year! For our next fundraising goal, we will next...
Dancing for a Cause!
This Valentine’s Day, the Richland Academy gymnasium was buzzing with excitement as we held our first ever “Dance-a-Thon Fundraiser for Haiti,” in accordance with Free The Children’s ‘Adopt-A-Village’ program. Students, staff and...
Haiti’s Untold Story
At Richland Academy, we are currently working toward our goal of Adopting-a-Village in Manac, Haiti through Free The Children's "Adopt-a-Village" program. Since the devastating earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, Free The...
Ladies’ Night a Success!
On December 1st, Richland Academy hosted an evening of arts and holiday shopping for ladies only! This event featured items from local artisans, and designer-inspired jewellery and fashions that were available for purchase. A special thank you to the vendors, and also to the shoppers who came out to show their support. Proceeds from this event will go toward Parent Community Fundraising to enhance our children’s outdoor learning spaces, as well as our ‘Haiti Fund’ through Free The Children’s Adopt-A-Village’ program.
Vow of (Silence)
On November 30th, young people around the world were ‘silent’ for 1 to 24 hours in solidarity with children who are being silenced by poverty and exploitation. The Vow of (Silence) is a Free The Children initiative that is meant to attract as much attention as possible to raise awareness and create real social change. Richland students, staff and Faculty took part in the campaign for a third consecutive year to ‘take a stand’ for children’s well-being worldwide and give a voice to the millions of children around the world whose basic rights have not been upheld.
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