Terrace Ridge School in Lacombe is officially on the map, and in a big way.

Their outdoor medicine wheel classroom, designed after the traditional Indigenous medicine wheel, will be featured on a Google Earth Voyager Layer.

They are now the only school in Canada to be featured there, and only the second school in North America.

This was made possible through the Jane Goodall's Society's Roots and Shoots program, which encourages youth to learn more about the environment, and encourage others to participate in conservation efforts.

Jen Duffy is the Manager of Roots and Shoots Canada, and explains why Terrace Ridge was picked as only the second school in North America to be featured on a Voyager Layer.

“I chose this project specifically because it really represents Canada so well. It represents the spirit of reconciliation, the spirit of building bridges between indigenous and non-indigenous youth, and it gets students outside, which is so important to reconnect with land and realize that we are part of nature.”

Rune is a grade 5 student and an up and coming leader with the program, and he says him and his classmates are thrilled to be part of Goodall's Society and help make a difference.

“Jen (Duffy) here also gave us a grant for other things, other projects like putting mulch in the forest near the school, and the medicine wheel. They asked us to be a Jane Goodall school and we said yes, and that was a big honour for our school.”

You can check out the Terrace Ridge Google Earth Voyager Layer, and you can learn more about the Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots program.