Elementary school students show their support for Edmonton police
Posted March 20, 2023 2:23 pm.
Last Updated March 21, 2023 8:15 am.
Hundreds of ribbons and heart-shaped messages of support are being made at Constable Daniel Woodall school.
The elementary school students are showing their support to EPS members following the tragic deaths of two officers in the line of duty.
“I feel like sometimes everyone and everybody just needs some welcoming place like this school,” said Maize Stewart, a grade four student.
The students and administrators at Danielle Woodall School –- a school named for a 35-year-old Edmonton police constable killed in the line of duty in 2015 — say these 700 hearts on the wall and blue ribbons outside the school are a way for the elementary students to show their support while working through the complex emotions of this tragedy.
Students at Constable Daniel Woodall school show support, with messages for two EPS officers killed in the line of duty. (Photo Credit: Darcy Ropchan, CityNews)
“My teacher, she heard it on the radio while she was coming to school and it was just all of a sudden that it just happened,” said Alice Gu, a grade 4 student. “She would let us talk about it and just sort of let it out, because keeping it down inside, wouldn’t help you.”
As police and the city of Edmonton mourn the tragic loss of constables Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan, these hearts will be seen at the school.
The school is frequented by EPS officers paying their respects to constable Woodall.
“Thank you for protecting Edmonton, said Arif Prabhakr, a grade 4 student. “Since they always protected our community every single day.”
