{"id":60473,"date":"2025-07-02T06:59:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60473"},"modified":"2025-07-02T06:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:59:15","slug":"a-canadian-school-is-doing-something-from-which-the-whole-world-should-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60473","title":{"rendered":"A Canadian school is doing something from which the whole world should learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A_Different_Senior_Prom.jpg\" alt=\"A Different Senior Prom\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A_Different_Senior_Prom.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A_Different_Senior_Prom-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A_Different_Senior_Prom-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every year, a high school in Regina, Saskatchewan, hosts a truly heartwarming event \u2014 a senior prom like no other.<\/p>\n<p>The guests of honor? Elderly people from low-income communities, many of whom live alone with little or no company.<\/p>\n<p>The students prepare a full dinner, help them get dressed, organize transportation \u2014 making sure no one is left behind. And for one magical evening, they gift them a night of music, joy, laughter, and dignity.<\/p>\n<p>Some haven\u2019t danced in decades.<\/p>\n<p>Others are simply moved to be seen, heard, and embraced.<\/p>\n<p>For one night, grandparents become young again\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And teenagers learn what it means to have a big, compassionate heart.<\/p>\n<p>This beautiful tradition has been changing lives for nearly 30 years \u2014 a powerful reminder that empathy can be taught.<\/p>\n<p>Hats off to these students and their school!<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re not just shaping future professionals\u2026<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re shaping real human beings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, a high school in Regina, Saskatchewan, hosts a truly heartwarming event \u2014 a senior prom like no other. The guests of honor? Elderly people from low-income communities, many of whom live alone with little or no company. The students prepare a full dinner, help them get dressed, organize transportation \u2014 making sure no &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60473\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Canadian school is doing something from which the whole world should learn&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60475,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60473\/revisions\/60475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}