Westheights February Update

February 10th, 2016

What is Pink Shirt Day?

In 2007, two high school students from the small community of Cambridge in Nova Scotia witnessed a Grade 9 boy being bullied for wearing a pink polo shirt on his first day of school. Bullies harassed the boy, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up. Disgusted with this treatment, the students went to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts, including tank tops, to wear to school the next day. Then the two went online to e-mail classmates to get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed a “sea of pink”. The next day not only were dozens of students outfitted with the discount tees, but hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some head-to-toe. It was this story that inspired the movement Pink Shirt Day, a day where students are encouraged to wear something pink on the last Wednesday of February to symbolize that we as a society will not tolerate bullying anywhere.

So remember to purchase your shirt Wednesday, February 22 and 23 at school of $10!

Dates to Remember:

REMINDER: Graduation Photo orders are due to the Westheights office by no later than Wednesday, February 10th.
Friday, February 12th will be the day that Grade 8 Girls will be receiving their HPV shots.
Monday, February 15, 2016 IS FAMILY DAY!!
MyWay for grade 9 course selection opens up February 20th and closes February 26 at 4pm. Click here for the link: https://myway.wrdsb.ca/
Friday, February 26, 2016 is a newly added P.D. Day!