Pink Shirt Day is an admirable initiative, but the Vernon School District is looking to make anti-bullying a year-round topic of discussion.
With help from Rob Ellis, the Vernon School District has launched a poster contest for elementary and intermediate grade students in which each classroom creates an anti-bullying poster in hopes of being the selected winner. The winning poster will be blown up to scale by Graphic Enterprises and put on display in the school year-round.
“We want them, as a class, to work collaboratively and come up with a poster about what anti-bullying means to them,” said Maritza Reilly, communications coordinator with the School District.
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Reilly said eight schools within the district are currently on board for the project. Each school will have a different winning poster from their respective classrooms.
“We’ve all talked about it as community supporters,” said Ellis. “How do we keep it (anti-bullying discussions) going all-year-round?”
Ellis said he is working with the School District and community partners on other anti-bullying campaigns that will come down the pipeline soon.
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