On Monday 50 students from three elementary schools in Moose Jaw had the opportunity to participate in a Remembrance Day ceremony with members of the local legion and 15 Wing. 

Students from King George, St. Agnes and Lindale schools attended a No Stone Left Alone ceremony, where they participated by reciting Flander's Fields and laying poppies on the gravestones of fallen soldiers at Rosedale Cemetary. 

"This is a Remembrance Day ceremony, but just for the kids," said Lieutenant Camille MacKenzie Dolphin, 15 Wing Public Affairs officer. "The main focus is to educate the kids on what veterans are and the sacrifices they've made. We're trying to bridge the connection between serving members and veterans and the kids. So it's an educational piece, but it's also to involve them more in the whole remembrance day [ceremony]."

Abby Bowles is a ten-year-old grade five student from St. Agnes. She said she's learned a lot about Remembrance Day at school and said it's important for everyone to recognize and remember the sacrifices that have been made. 

"The people who fought in the war should be celebrated because they served us to make us feel safe," said Bowles. 

Amy Davis is the grade five teacher St. Agnes. She said the ceremony was a great way for her students to get a hands-on experience in a Remembrance Day ceremony. 

"I think it's really important for them to have a part of it," said Davis. "Something like this really makes it more real for them. They're kind of living it as they're laying the poppy. We've talked about reading the name [on the gracestone] and really thinking that that's a real person. I think this experience really helps them to realize how it affects them and it's not just a day that we celebrate every year, it has more meaning I think when they come and participate in something like this." 

The Royal Candian Legion branch 59 will be holding a Remembrance Day ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Mosaic Place next Monday.