Education
May 26, 2014

Media Advisory: Minister to Attend Roots of Empathy Event

The Honourable Darin King, Minister of Education, will attend a ceremony tomorrow (Tuesday, May 27) to acknowledge and thank this year’s participants in the English School District’s Roots of Empathy program (Eastern Region). The event will take place at the District School, 116 Strawberry Marsh Road, St. John’s, beginning at 3:30 p.m. More than 30 babies and their families are expected to attend.

Roots of Empathy programming is designed to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults. As part of the program, an infant and parent visit a classroom, nine times in a school year, to engage students in discussing their feelings and experiences as they get to know the baby.

For more information on Roots of Empathy, visit:www.rootsofempathy.org.

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