Manor School focused on anti-bullying on April 9 with their school's participation in International Day of Pink.
The morning saw parents, students, and teachers come together for a pancake breakfast before school began.
The afternoon began with younger students in the elementary end being presented to by grade eleven student, Tianna Kennett, and grade twelve student, Brett Turgeon.
They had both been involved with Red Cross' Respect Ed. program select Manor youth attended in the past.
They spoke with different groups about bullying. They focused on what bullying is and what to do if you see something happening.
The high school students were later called into the gym where a music video was projected onto a screen. The video was by Unkle Adams, a rapper, posted to the Prairie Valley School Division's page. His message was clear: "I am smarter; I am stronger; I will take it no longer. I have feelings; I'm a person; I will live life with purpose."
Youth were then spoken to about the impact of social media and the ways messages can easily be misinterpreted online or through ones phone. Essentially the importance of checking what you have written before sending it and thinking about the different ways it could be taken is necessary.
The next activity saw students get into their intramural groups and whenever a ball was thrown to them within this group they had to tell everyone something about themselves they didn't think anyone knew about them.
The older youth were then joined by the elementary students to work on creating a superhero together.
Superheroes and personal heroes in the community can be inspirations to do right, thus the school had youth of all ages work in groups of approximately four to create the ultimate superhero to fight against bullying.
These ideas were then made into drawings, which were displayed in the hallway of the school.
Ultimately the day was a reminder to be wary of one's actions and how you treat another person or how others may react in a situation.
