The Eagles' Nest

The Earl Haig School Advisory Council has set up a couple of online, no-fuss, fundraising options that couldn’t come at a better time. Take a look at the info below and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Thank you gifts

Are you looking for a gift for a teacher or other supportive person to show your appreciation for this challenging school year? Consider purchasing a gift card through FlipGive and earn money for the Earl Haig SAC at the same time.

FlipGive is a website/app for purchasing gift cards for some of the biggest, most well-known stores (like Home Depot, Walmart, Indigo, Sport Chek). If you shop using the Earl Haig PS code, we will earn cash back on every purchase! Best of all during these pandemic times — it’s completely virtual and contactless.

Join our Earl Haig team now and you’ll get a $5 bonus the first time you shop: https://flipgive.app.link/teams/join?joincode=S5PNBS
Or enter this code: S5PNBS

Labels, labels, labels

Make sure your kids’ gear comes home this summer with personalized, waterproof labels from Mabel’s Labels! Order labels for every purpose — and the Earl Haig School Advisory Council will earn 20% from every sale. There’s free shipping on every order and the labels are sent directly to you.

Order your labels today – go to campaigns.mabelslabels.com, search for Earl Haig School Advisory Council (Toronto), click the link, and you’ll be ready to go!

Camping, summer camps, or a head start on the new school year – order your labels today and help raise funds for the Earl Haig SAC at the same time.

Any questions about either initiative, just ask!

We have had some great conversations and learning opportunities in our first two workshops with Freedom School Toronto and we REALLY don’t want you to miss out on our last workshop of the series. Please join us tomorrow evening (Thursday, the 27th), from 6-8pm, as we learn about the history of racism in the school system and parents/caregivers discuss opportunities to support their children to confront anti-Black racism as a school.

This virtual workshop will provide an overview of education during enslavement, segregation in Canada and issues such as: streaming, low teacher expectations, high push-out rates and disengaging Eurocentric curriculum. Participants will learn about Black educational activism including the work of: hidey school teachers, Lennox Farrel, Marlene Green, Anyika Tafari, Monday Gala, Donna Harrow and others.

Click here to register.

Our first workshop with Freedom School Toronto took place last week and participants have shared that it was tremendously helpful in better understanding the context of racism in Canada.

Tomorrow (Thursday, the 20th, from 6-8PM), we have another workshop coming up — How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism — that will move from theory into practice for sharing tools with children on how to recognise, challenge, and resist anti-Black racism. Facilitators will provide tips and resources for how to present information and analysis to children in a way that is age appropriate, safe, empowering, and engaging.

All are welcome and you do NOT need to have attended the previous workshop to join this one. Please sign up here.

For more information about our upcoming workshops, please click here.