Christmas Cheer Conquers COVID - Edge School

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                                                                                            JANUARY            2021
         Christmas Cheer Conquers COVID
2020 has been a rollercoaster of a year. For nine months,
we’ve faced unforeseen challenges, setbacks, restrictions
and lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic.
At times, it has been difficult to find the positives among
the sea of growing negatives. In spite of the challenges,
we continue to hear stories of people coming together
and finding ways to give back during these unique
circumstances.

HEROS Hockey is a volunteer-driven organization that uses
the game of hockey to teach life-skills and to empower
marginalized youth. Over the last six years, the Edge
School Female Prep hockey team has built an incredible
friendship with the Bowness HEROS by getting on the
ice with them monthly and hosting the HEROS and their
families at Edge every holiday season for some Christmas fun. Given all of the COVID restrictions this year, the
two groups hadn’t been able to connect up until Dec. 15, when they found a way to keep the holiday tradition
going in a COVID compliant way!

                 “The one ask from HEROS when we first connected was that we be consistent in our efforts
                 and show up for the kids,” says U18 Female Prep Head Coach, Carla MacLeod. “Even though
                 we couldn’t get on the ice this year due to the restrictions, it was great to be able to still ensure
                 they know we are thinking about them and we wanted to bring a smile to their faces this
                 holiday season with some gifts.”

The relationship between HEROS and the Edge School Female Prep hockey team is a reminder to us all that we
can all still find ways to support our community, even through the craziness of COVID. “People speak about our
team’s impact on the HEROS but what many do not realize is the positive impact that the kids have on us,” says
Female Prep player, Island Bernard-Docker. That reciprocal benefit is a wonderful thing about giving back!

                                                      Earlier in December, our U18 Prep team unloaded
                                                      1,250 Christmas trees at the IKEA parking lot in Deerfoot
                                                      Meadows. Tree sales from this location benefited the
                                                      Women In Need Society – an organization that supports
                                                      vulnerable women, children and families in our city. Learn
                                                      more about the great work they do by visiting their website.
                                                      Great work helping out in the community, fellas!

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Geremia Selected to Alberta
                         Provincial Snowboard Team
                      Congratulations to Edge flex student, Felicity Geremia, who was selected to the
                      Alberta Provincial Snowboard Team based on 2020 competition results (not
                      including the cancelled Halfpipe Nationals). She finished 2020 ranked third in
                      Canada and 47th in the world in women’s Halfpipe. Felicity was the youngest
                      snowboarder (and one of only three girls) selected to the team. Way to go
                      Felicity!

        Foster, Walbaum and Yarmuch
      Commit to Post-Secondary Programs
Congratulations to Julia Foster (basketball), Brooklyn Walbaum (basketball) and Hailey Yarmuch
(soccer) on your official commitments to post-secondary programs! Julia signed with the University
of Prince Edward Island, Brooklyn signed with the University of Victoria and Hailey signed with Trinity
Western University. You can keep up to date with all of our Edge commits here on our website.

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Mountaineer Moments

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ALWAYS A
   MOUNTAINEER

Sanderson Representing Team USA at World Juniors, Prokop
signs with Preds and Watkins Commits to Nebraska Omaha

         Edge gym gets a Branding Boost
If you’ve ever been in our gym, you know that it hasn’t had much of a home court feel. Over the winter break,
we finished up the install of our new main court branding to finally add some more Mountaineer vibes to the
gymnasium!

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