By Lacie Nairn  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter DRUMELLER-There will be no classes across the province on Friday, September 30 in observation of the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and teachers at Drumheller schools are taking steps to help students understand the history, and importance behind the day. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was established as a federal holiday in 2021, following the discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C. The day is to honour residential school survivors and their families, and remember the children who never returned from these institutions. Teachers at Greentree School will incorporate age and grade appropriate resources from Golden Hills School Division to help teach students the history of residential schools in Canada, and the

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