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Our Stories
A Day in the Life of Our Grade 6 Students
inda and Tya are both Grade 6 students,
born and raised in Rama. They live just down
the road from each other, within sight of
Lthe Rama water tower, and not that far
from the MASK arena. They are cousins and,
indeed, have a great many other cousins in the
community. Certainly, they know almost all the
other children in the village, even if they are
not related to them.
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Tya and Linda started out going to school
together in Orillia when they began
Kindergarten. That meant that for their first
years at school, they rode a bus each day.
Later, Linda’s mother decided to put Linda
in school at Mnjikaning Kendaaswin Elementary
School. Tya still attends the school in Orillia,
and most of their cousins attend one or the
other of these schools.
Tya’s day starts a little earlier than Linda’s
does, as she must get up and catch the bus
into town each day. Both Linda and Tya stay at
school for lunch, though. Linda could go home,
but she likes to stay at school to visit with
her friends.
After school, the girls check in at home, and
then head over to the MASK Arena. Linda
often has a hockey game, and Tya watches
for a while before she goes outside to hang
out with her friends. They’ll probably go over
to the corner of the parking lot to watch Tya’s
other cousin practise his skateboard tricks for
a while. When Linda’s hockey game is over, Tya
and Linda will drop by their auntie’s house to
see how the new jingle dresses she is making
are coming along. Linda and Tya will both
be wearing them at the powwow in August.
They’ll stay to have tea and scone with their
auntie before heading home, just a short walk
down the road.
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