The Christ the Teacher School Division's Elementary schools felt the pulse recently, as they welcomed the Feel the Pulse faith retreats into their doors. Masson Normand, with Feel the Pulse, says the goal was to talk to students about their faith and engage them through talk and music about God in their lives.
Normand says that this is the third year he has worked with the school division, and he says it is going great, and the response builds every year.
"You see an openness every year."
He the challenge with elementary school is keeping the attention of the really young kids. The approach with the very young is to engage with music and stories, while with older students you can go deeper and more complex.
Music is an essential component of the retreat, and Normand says he has expanded the music portion of the event for the year, bringing musicians with him to each school. He believes music is a great way to connect to kids of all ages, which is why he makes it a priority.
"It's really important because lots of students don't have the opportunity to see live music, and be lead into singing and that kind of thing. It's always a treat for students to engage in that way."
Normand is grateful for the Christ the Teacher for bringing him in the past few years, and says that it's an indication that the division is meeting its mandate to keep religion as an important component of education.
