This year, on Pink Shirt Day we have a guest speaker, Michael Bortolloto who will presenting to small group assemblies throughout the day. Every day, we endeavour to teach and support students as they learn to meet our school expectation that they “speak and act considerately” to each other at school.
What is the story behind Pink Shirt Day?
In 2007, Berwick, Nova Scotia, after a new student at their school was bullied for wearing a pink shirt, two grade 12 students bought 75 pink shirts and encouraged their classmates to wear pink. The next day they went to distribute the shirts and to their surprise the majority of students arrived wearing pink! Since then, it has grown into a global movement symbolizing our collective stand against bullying in all its forms. Pink Shirt Day is now celebrated globally on the last Wednesday of February each year