Tartans Honor Parkland Lives and Voice Support for School Safety

Students demonstrated their leadership, compassion and the power of their voices while memorializing each of the 17 children and adults lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14. 
Upper and Middle School students honored the lives of students and teachers who were lost in the Parkland, Fla., tragedy and added their voices to the national conversation to advocate for school safety in a thoughtful, peaceful and somber student-led walkout on Wednesday.
 
Grade 12 student Mitra Alikhani, who helped organize the Upper School, said, “[Our purpose is] to not take for granted the fundamental right that schools should be safe. To continue to honor and humanize the lives of students and teachers whose lives were cut short by school violence, and to pledge to one another in this community that looking out for one another, and taking mental health seriously can significantly impact the overall strength of school communities.”
 
In both divisions, students memorialized each of the 17 children and adults lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14.  In the Middle School, students read their names with a biography of their lives, and in the Upper School, students created memorial signs with photos and bios of each person. The events, which were optional for students to participate if they chose, were notably muted with students observing silence as they left notes and signed supportive posters that students will send to the Stoneman Douglas school community. 
 
Grade 8 student organizer Charlie Cancellieri said, “We stand here today to bring awareness to the persisting problem that continues to take the lives of young students and educators throughout America. We stand here today to honor the victims of the events that took place three weeks ago in Florida. We stand here today to express that we are all in this together and that we need change. We stand here today to express the need for our students and faculty to feel safe at school.”
 
Head of School William Moseley said afterwards, “I was moved and incredibly proud of how our students showed their leadership, compassion and grace. They created a moment that poignantly and respectfully conveyed their heartfelt concern, love and commitment to fellow students and their community, while illustrating the power of their voices and ability to affect change.”
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