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MEDIA RELEASE April 9, 2014 Living Sky School Division Celebrates Red Cross Day of Pink April 9, 2014 is Red Cross Day of Pink, a day to celebrate respect and to encourage others to join the movement. Living Sky School Division staff and students will stand with the Canadian Red Cross and thousands of others to join the movement. Many of the Living Sky schools have planned ‘Days of Pink’ and have encouraged staff and students to wear pink today. Cut Knife High School has organized a program which will include a student created video. Norman Carter School will be heading to main street Wilkie with fluorescent pink signs with positive messages of kindness. Bready Elementary School in North Battleford will be distributing pink bracelets to all students to encourage acts of kindness. Spiritwood High School students will take a ‘vow of silence’ one day this week. While silent, participants will be asked to reflect on what they can do to help stop bullying in the school, community and online. Connaught School will be enjoying a pink bake sale at noon today and students have created buttons in support of Pink Day. Students at Hartley Clark Elementary School in Spiritwood have made pink t‐shirts with slogans and will be going on a community walk to display their inspirational messages. North Battleford Comprehensive High School students will be getting involved by creating a pink sticky note “What a Healthy School Looks Like” Display. McKitrick Community School in North Battleford will be hosting a “Pink” breakfast served by the administration. Leading up to today, classes have been discussing bullying and have been reminded of the power they have to take a stand against bullying by pledging to do or say something they agreed upon as a class when they witness bullying. This is displayed in the front entrance of McKitrick School. Living Sky School Division believes that students learn and staff work best in caring, respectful environments. This means we take a stand against bullying every day. ‐30‐ Living Sky School Division is situated in Northwest Central Saskatchewan. It encompasses a wide geographic area including the Battlefords, many communities, villages, first nation communities and hutterite colonies. Currently, thirty one schools are located in nineteen communities. Our schools include PreK‐12, elementary, high schools and alternate schools with a student population of approximately 5,700 students For more information, please contact: Shannon Lessard, Sr. Executive Assistant/Communications Living Sky School Division No. 202 [email protected] 306‐937‐7909
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