Memories of Childhood by Chris Davis

Rick Hansen - 1987

Davisc — 2024-03-05 14:01:18 UTC

I remember doing a huge fundraising campaign in grade 7 for Rick Hansen. He won 6 Para Olympic medals and wheeled more than 40 000 kms in 34 countries to raise 26 million for spinal cord research. He came to our school and I can remember feeling really excited to meet a Para-Olympian hero. What I remember most though was the song Man in Motion.

https://youtu.be/69mRJAGU_Lg?si=KeXXaBH1b97foIpD

Selling Chocolate Bars - 2017

2024-03-05 14:27:46 UTC

I remember in grade 5 vividly where we sold chocolate bars to save up for money for our end of the year school trip as a fundraiser to Toronto. I remember people would always come to my parents restaurant to buy our schools fundraisers chocolate bars. Mr. Wood would keep giving us chocolates if we sold out and I even remember me and my sister buying a few chocolate bars!

Winning an Xbox-2013

2024-03-05 14:27:49 UTC

I remember when I was in first or second

grade I was at this Rodger’s hockey event thing downtown. they had a Xbox you could win if you got the crowd to cheer the loudest and you had to explain why you were Canada's number one hockey fan. I had never watched hockey before but somehow I got picked from the crowed of people so i got on stage and had to explain why I liked hockey so much. So I made up a story about liking hockey and the crowed cheered the loudest for me some how and I won an Xbox.

Grade 6 volleyball

2024-03-05 14:28:48 UTC

I remember in grade 6 we were being introduced into competitive sports. We went into West Ferris which is a big highschool in north bay. We felt so grown up and as if we were in highschool ourselves. I remember this made me and my 6th grade friends so excited for highschool and the sports. I remember in the hallway of the school in between games we seen all the highschool students and couldn’t wait to be like them.

Grade 7 trip to Toronto

2024-03-05 14:29:22 UTC

In grade 7 I went on a school trip to Toronto with certain students from my class. We went to science North and we were all waiting for our bus and hanging out in the lobby. All of a sudden alarms go off and we look behind us and Peyton’s sweater got caught in the escalator (I should note he was very afraid to ride it the whole time we were there) and the railing was dragging him up the escalator while Mr Walter’s attempted to yank him off, they had to shut down the power to the escalator to get Peyton off.

Trip to the Netherlands

2024-03-05 14:29:36 UTC

In 2019 I went on a trip to the Netherlands with my family. We went for 2 weeks. I remember meeting a lot of extended family. I was so excited and I learned so much about my family. We spent 2 days in Amsterdam and visited the Anne frank museum. It was very interesting as from a young age I was taught about Anne Frank, so to see it in person was very surreal.

Grade 6 graduation

2024-03-05 14:30:20 UTC

My grade 6th graduation sticks with me the most. I was valedictorian, along with Ariel Rossier, so we wrote a valedictorian speech. It was so funny, we laughed while writing it. But, when we tried to show our principal at the time, she completely changed it. When reading the speech, everyone awkwardly stared at us. It wasn’t funny anymore and I’m still upset about it.

School trip-2018

2024-03-05 14:30:32 UTC

One very clear memory I will always remember is a school trip our grade 6 class took before the start of summer break. We decided to go to a water park called logosland there we had the most amazing time. As we were quite young we all stoped at the gift shop where we filled up on the most expensive sweetest things we could find. I think you know were this is going. At the park there was a water trampoline long story cut short we all ended up sick but we loved the trip ! The next 2 years we were unable to take a school trip due to COVID so this was really the best trip to end our elementary school experience.

Carson was born

2024-03-05 14:32:22 UTC

My sister had her second baby, my nephew Carson. I remember singing push it by Salt n Pepper to her when she was having contractions in the hospital. The whole time i was annoying her because im the best little sister. This was shortly after he was born in 2019.

First Fortnite Win

2024-03-05 14:32:54 UTC

I remember watching my brother playing Fortnite for the longest time and I was very jealous he got to play and I didn’t so one day when he was gone I went on his Xbox and got my first Fortnite win.

My sisters wedding

2024-03-05 14:33:03 UTC

I remember when I was 11 in summer of 2017, my sister got married. She asked me to play guitar and sing at her wedding. This was a time I was passionate about music, and I was honestly surprised she would want an 11 year old to play at her wedding. The wedding was outside in a field mid summer in Quebec, and I remember how sunny and beautiful the whole day was. I remember my mom and sisters getting us ready. This memory was definitely I will cherish.

New Dog

2024-03-05 14:35:13 UTC

I remember in grade 7, my parents got me and my brothers a new dog, and we named her Tricy. She is a German shepard rottweiler mix.

Tree Planting - 2019

2024-03-05 14:39:16 UTC

I remember in 7th grade, my brother had an event at MDPS and my family decided to go. It was my first time going back to MDPS since graduating and it was so weird. At the end of the event we were collecting saplings to bring home and plant. It was towards the end of the school year and it was SO hot, I had a couple friends with me too and I remember talking to them all about how nostalgic it all was. Seeing our old teachers, classrooms and friends again was nice but we all agreed that it was kind of bittersweet to keep getting older.

Wood Car Race from Church

2024-03-05 14:50:59 UTC

When I was younger i was in a church group called Awana and we would do these car races once a year. Everybody loved this event. We all looked forward to it every year. This picture was from my first year participating and first year in this group. My car was the pink pig.

Playing Manhunt

2024-03-05 14:56:12 UTC

I remember in grade 7 we were playing manhunt and we had a group of around 20 people playing. My friend and me were walking around and saw people didn't see us if we didn't run, so we decided instead we would stand still and stare as they walked by.