The Remembrance Day ceremony at Catholic Central High School brought together a multi-cultural spin to events.
The central city school has a diverse population, for whom Canada's war experience is new.
Grade 10 student Megan Morrison is from Canada and has a connection to war.
"I can't really describe it in words just how important it is to everyone, because my family has gone to war before too in the Vietnam War, my uncle."
Grade 11 student Mohammed Sayed is from Iraq, but feels a connection to the letter of a Canadian soldier he read.
"This affects me a lot, so there's something with everybody dying in my country, all people dead. So I feel this, I feel it when I read this letter about what the soldier feels, how they don't eat, how they don't drink."
Catholic Central students Megan Morrison, Mohammed Sayed, Takafumi Murakami and Samir Munir who participated in their Remembrance Day event, November 9, 2018 (by AM800's Peter Langille)
Takafumi Murakami is a Japanese exchange student who's family lived through World War II bombings.
"My grandmother experienced World War II, I heard something about the war and it was a worse situation. It is good to pray for people who die or are hurt by someone. It's a good thing to explain to the people."
The students heard a presentation from a Canadian reservist about the history of Canada's military from 100 years ago to the present.
A number of Remembrance Day ceremonies are taking place across Windsor-Essex this weekend, including a Remembrance Day Tribute at Windsor Grove Cemetery, Bells of Peace events will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War Sunday at dusk and the annual City of Windsor ceremony at 11am on Sunday at Memorial Cenotaph in City Hall Square.