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earningonthelandrstevercrossculturaleventInterestedinlearninghowtospeakanAboriginallanguageAuroraCollegeSchoolofEducaonisoeringfreeeveningclassesatThebachaCampus.Tuesdays700-1000p.m.atThebachaCampusRoom.230216214IntroductoryChipewyanIntroductoryTlichoIntroductoryCreeThursdays700-1000p.m.atThebachaCampusRoom.230216IntermediateAdvancedChipewyanmorefocusonReadingandWringDeneRomanorthographyandsyllabicsIntermediateAdvancedTlichowww.auroracollege.nt.caAboriginalLanguageClassesForaddionalinformaoncalltheSchoolofEducaon1-867-872-7525ItsalsoagreatwayfortheteacherstwoofwhomarenewtoFortChipthiswhenitcametomakingconnections.Theteacherstendtostayintheirlittlegroupanddontdoanythingwiththecommunitybutitsbecausetheyrenotsurewhotogoseehesaid.BritaGoldieteachesGrade1atADCSandsaiditwasaprofessionaldevelopmentdaywellspent.WemetmoreleadersfromthecommunityandIhavesomanyideasformykidsliketakingthemouttoiceshwithshinglineonsticks.Wecanusethatasalessonforsomanythingsshesaid.AlsoonhandwasKerriCeretzkeprojectmanagerfortheexperientiallearninginitiativewiththeOilSandsLeadershipInitiativerepre-sentinganetworkofcom-panies.TheinitiativehasapartnershipwithNorthlandSchoolDivisionofwhichADCSisapart.Myroleistoprovideex-amplesfromacrosstheNorthlikeChiefZzehGittlitSchoolinOldCrowintheYukonofevenifImnothereboutculturallearn-learningthatteachesecommunity.MichaelFliegerPrincipalCommunitySchoolyeartoconnectwithel-dersandothercommunitymembers.RobertGrandjambetheownerandoperatorofAtimOstogwanwinterdogsledandsummerboattourswasatthecrossculturaleventtotaketheteachersdogsledding.Grandjambesaiditwasapositivegatheringcurriculumprogramsandresourceswhereexperientiallearningandschoolsarewoventogether.ForexampleeachAprilstu-dentsfromChiefZzehGittletSchoolgooutonthelandtoCrowFlatsforsixdaysabout65kmnorthofOldCrowtotrapmuskrat.Fliegernowhopestostartorganizingaspringcrosscul-turaleventfortheentireschool.TenyearsfromnowevenifImnothereIwantADCStobeaboutculturallearningonlandlearninglearningthatteacheslessonsthatreectthecommunityFliegersaid.MainorganizersoftheeventincludedAliceMartinandJocelynMartenwhohadbeenwantingtostartaculturecampledbyeldersfromtheCreeChipewyanandMtiscommunitiesforyears.Wewantedtodothisprop-erlybygoingtotheeldersrsttellingthemweneededtheirhelptoengageourchildrenabouttraditionalknowledgeinameaningfulwayMartinsaid.ItsacommunityvisionIliketosay.tofmanycrossculturaleventsengagingteachersandstudentsoutontheland.OrganizersJoyceSmorongandAliceMartinhopetheeventwillconnectteacherswiththecommunity.TeachersKaraMundyandBritaGoldietakearideinRobertGrandjambesdogsled.CardillaCardinalbravesthefreezingwindtotryherhandaticeshingonLakeAthabasca.PhotosReneFrancoeurMeaganWohlberg11TuesdayFebruary52013