​Some of our grade 7 students have taken a pledge to be silent today. Mone, Avin, Kristjana, Fanny and Iiona shared the following information with me this morning.

“Please understand my reason for not speaking today. I am participating in The Day of Silence, a national youth movement protesting the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies. My deliberate silence is caused by the prejudice, harassment​, and discrimination that LGBT teens have to suffer from on a daily basis. I believe that ending silence is the first step towards fighting these inequities.”

For more information on this day, please visit the Day of Silence web site.

Thank you students to bringing this important idea to our school. We need to be a school where everyone feels that they belong.

Take care