COVID-19 pandemic.A group of east end health-care workers were among those given a plaque and a spirited round of applause during a ceremony in the school gym.“I think it’s beautiful.
I think that it’s actually the first time that I’ve been part of a ceremony where they’re thanking us,” said Dr. Tania Decobellis, an ER doctor at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital and president of the governing board at Pierre-de-Coubertin School.Just over a year into the pandemic, three different elementary schools in Saint-Leonard teamed up for the special assembly.Many of the students at Dante Elementary School, Honoré Mercier and Pierre-de-Coubertin have parents directly involved in the fight against the virus.