Students set to wear blue on National Child Day

“We felt it was quite important to represent National Child Day because, as leaders we had to recognize that students needed to be aware of their rights,” said Parekh. “We need to show the community and the people around the community and people that don’t get these rights that we are appreciative and that we want all children to achieve the basic rights that they deserve.”

“We have to recognize and appreciate that we have these basic rights, things that we don’t even think about, things like the right to have a part to play or just the basic necessities like the right to food and other stuff that seems so basic to us,” added Parekh.

On top of wearing blue, every high school within SRPSD is also currently selling blue glow-in-the-dark bracelets to help commemorate the day. The bracelets cost only $1.00, and all funds raised from the bracelet sales will be donated to the Prince Albert Early Childhood Council.

This is the first initiative the student-run organization Saskatchewan Rivers Students for Change has helped to spearhead since the group officially became operational again at the beginning of this school year.

National Child Day has been celebrated across Canada since 1993 to commemorate the United Nations’ adoption of two documents centered on children’s rights including the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child on Nov. 20, in 1959, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on Nov. 20, 1989.

High schools that will be wearing blue in support of National Child Day on Nov. 20th in Prince Albert include Carlton Comprehensive Public High school, Prince Albert Collegiate Institute (PACI), and Wesmor Community High School.

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by Sarah Rolles

Students set to wear blue on National Child Day

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