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Unity Week: October 19 - 23, 2020
Unity Week: October 19 - 23, 2020
Get involved to PREVENT BULLYING and PROMOTE KINDESS, ACCEPTANCE and INCLUSION in our schools, communities and online. Wear orange to show your support, especially on Wednesday, October 21 (Unity Day).
The PTA is hosting a Unity Day Design Contest.
Calling for all SMS students to design a mask, chalk drawing on your driveway/sidewalk, or other “free form” creation that shows what it means to be intentional with acts of kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. Don’t forget to include the Unity Day color (ORANGE) into your design.
Submit a picture of your creation to the SMS PTA email address: smspta55082@gmail.com during the week of October 19 – 23 for a chance to win great prizes. Your email should include “Unity Day – Grade X” (either 6, 7, 8 or GATE 4 or 5) as the subject line, your name (first and last) and a comment about your inspiration for the design and hope for Unity Day. Winners will be announced on October 30.
Note that any entries submitted may be displayed on the SMS or PTA social media sites and may also be published in the 2020-21 yearbook. Good luck, be kind and have fun!
"I wanted to make a drawing that was relevant to what we’re all going through with the pandemic right now, so I drew some people on a Zoom meeting just being nice to each other and keeping everyone company. You can’t really do too many physical acts of kindness around people as of now and I thought that just supporting each other and checking in on each other is something that is really important to do these days. Checking in on all your classmates.
This unity day is going to take place while we are still going through a pandemic so I don’t think we are going to be enforcing it and celebrating it together this year, but I do hope that all of the events of the past few months help people who may be not so nice to others see that we are all in this together and hating people and making fun of people isn’t the right thing to do. There’s a lot that we can learn from 2020, but I think togetherness is the most important." - Abby Wiberg, Grade 8
"I think helping someone up is an act of kindness (as demonstrated in the picture). If someone pushed someone down, you can help them up and make them feel better." - Norah Wiberg, GATE (Grade 5)
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