A group of Regina students recently went to Europe to study genocide and the Holocaust.
Students were able to take the course as part of a class offered through the Regina Catholic School Division.
The group, which included nine kids from Miller Comprehensive High School, Michael A. Riffel High School and Archbishop M.C. O’Neill High School, toured Berlin, Warsaw and Krakow as part of the class.
“Actually being there and experiencing the place, walking in the path of people who had gone before them was an invaluable experience for them,” she said. “It made it become real.”
Marisa Chyz, one of the students from Miller High School who went on the trip, talked about how it was an eye-opening experience for her.
“It opened up a lot of new perspectives for me,” said Chyz. “The things that we witnessed and walked through, it really opened my mind to new thoughts and ideas.”
Grade 12 student Kail Hrynkiw from Miller had the same take away from the trip.
If there’s any students who are debating whether to take this class or not in the future, his advice to them is to take it.
“It’s mind-opening and very educational, you get to see so many things,” he explained. “It’s so great to see where the history took place.”
As part of the class, students had to complete a presentation based on what they learned during the classroom portion and on the trip.
Some of those projects were presented to the public this past week.
