Fighting bullying while proudly pink

Prince Albert’s École Vickers School saw students celebrate the day by participating in a pink shirt photo booth, as well as drawing superhero versions of themselves to show how all students can be heroes and stop bullying.

Jennie Green, principal at École Vickers, said students were thrilled to participate in the event, and dedicated to fighting bullying.

“What we decided to do today as a school community was to address the issue of bullying by looking at the theme of being someone’s hero,” said Green.

“We basically wanted to say we’re all heroes, and we can all be superheroes. So we did a superhero project where all the students are designing their own superhero, and we will be putting them up around the school to combat bullying with our superpowers.”

Green noted that bullying is an ongoing issue, which inspired the staff to create an ongoing initiative, which will remain present throughout the school into the future.

“Each teacher was also given a packet of information all about Pink Shirt Day, how it originated and a PowerPoint to show their class,” said Green.

“We also thought it would be really fun to have a Pink Shirt Day photo booth, we told the kids and the staff to come down and we’ll print out those photos as a lasting memory.”

Students were excited to participate in the Pink Shirt Day events, with many coming dressed in bright pink.

Quinn Nelson, a Grade 5 student at École Vickers, said she was excited to participate in the day’s events.

“It’s cool, today everybody wears pink…and that’s really cool because people might normally think pink isn’t for boys but today everybody gets to wear it,” said Nelson.

“(Bullies) should just stop. Think twice before you do it, it’s not good.”

Anti-bullying activities will take place at schools throughout the country throughout February as part of the Pink Shirt initiative.

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by Brady Bateman

Fighting bullying while proudly pink

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