Sentences with phrase «students honored victims»

On Wednesday, March 14, around 150 Sierra Pacific High School students honored victims of gun violence by walking out of their classes.

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At Philip Barbour High School in Philippi, West Virginia, the heart of Trump country, students will observe a moment of silence and release 17 balloons to honor the Parkland victims.

On Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, students held a candlelight vigil at Pine Trails Park in honor of shooting victims from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Among the youngest victims, Alyssa, an honor student and a player for the Parkland soccer club, was buried in the Garden of Aaron at Star of David Memorial Gardens.

Close to a million students stood up and streamed out of classrooms across the country last week as part of the National School Walkout, which honored the victims of the Parkland shooting one month ago and called on lawmakers to pass gun control legislation.

At 10 am local time, students have been engaging in 17 minutes of protest to honor the 17 victims of the Parkland shooting.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered government flags flown at half - staff through Monday in honor of victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a public school of some 3,000 students outside Boca Raton.

Littleton High School student Savannah Young (right) hugs classmate Ariana Checkots after a rally to honor victims of the Stoneman Douglas High school shooting at the Colorado State Capitol on February 21.

Two Capital Region students are among five teens statewide who have won Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first Carey Gabay Scholarship, a program for disadvantaged students that honors the former Cuomo aide who was a victim of gun violence a year ago during Brooklyn's annual West Indian Day celebration.

In «Redbelt,» Ejiofor's character wants to teach his adult students — a cop, a traumatized rape victim and others — to defend themselves, but more than anything he wants to instill in them a sense of honor, and all the attendant «Master Po - isms» that go with it.

By some estimates, 1 million students walked out of schools to honor the Parkland, Fla., victims and call for stricter gun laws, while Republican politicians all but ignored them.

On March 14, students across the nation are planning a walkout to honor the victims of the Parkland, Florida shooting.

Last month Sac High participated in the «National School Walkout» during which students across the country walked out of school to honor the 17 victims shot and killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in February.

In memory of the victims of last week's Marshall Co. school shooting and in honor of the staff and students at Marshall County High School, Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt is asking Kentuckians statewide to wear the school's colors of blue and orange on Friday, Feb. 2.

@APSWashington students take a silent knee for 17 seconds to honor the 17 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School victims for #NationalWalkoutDay!

Student Walkout — On Friday, April 20 (the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School tragedy), Pace Middle and Upper School students hosted a walkout to honor the victims of past school shootings.

One by one, students displayed the names of the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, extinguishing a candle to honor each person lost.

Fox Cities high school students joined their peers nationwide in briefly leaving school to honor the victims of the Parkland, Florida school shooting.

The central location of the memorial attracted students to observe the display and encouraged them to take a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the 9/11 terror attack.

The march — organized by the Stoneman Douglas student group #NeverAgain and the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety — is the culmination of a monthlong effort to honor the victims of the shooting, and to push for an end to gun violence.

There were hugs and tears, the students said — one of the main reasons for the walkout was to honor the victims of Parkland.

The students said they wanted to encourage others to use their voices, honor the victims of Parkland, and seek stronger gun control measures.

The Poly students lay down on the football field for 17 minutes of silence to honor the Florida victims.

High school students at the Hebrew Academy (RASG) in Miami Beach recently honored the victims of the shooting tragedy of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland with a student - run solidarity program.

Emma Gonzalez, one of the student leaders of the #NeverAgain movement, stood in silence for more than six minutes in honor of the Parkland shooting victims during the March for Our Lives rally on Saturday in Washington, D.C.

At Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington, students put on a memorial service in which their band and chorus honored the victims, with students filling the 3,000 seats of the football field bleachers.

To honor the memory and bravery of Coach Aaron Feis and Athletic Director Chris Hixon, as well as all the victims from that terrible day, these four Orangetheory studios will host a 17 Strong Run - Rowathon on Saturday, February 24th, and annually thereafter, dedicating all proceeds from the event and further fundraising to Marjory Stoneman Douglas, with an emphasis on improving the lives of students through athletics.

Spradlin, who is the president of the Young Democrats Club on campus, said there were three reasons the students participated in the walkout: first was to honor the lives of the victims; second was to show Congress that students care about the issue of gun violence; and third was to take direct action by registering students to vote and writing to members of Congress to demand change.

The students were honoring the 17 victims who were killed during a mass shooting on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

On the day of 15 - year - old JROTC member Peter Wang's funeral, hundreds of students from West Boca High School walked about 10 miles to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in honor of the 17 victims.

Aerie will include coverage of the shooting, pictures from vigils and memorials, a story on students dyeing their hair in honor of the victims, pieces on the surviving students» political activism and highlights from the week they returned to the school.

Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School walkout to the football field for 17 minutes of silence in honor of the 17 victims killed at the school on Valentine's Day.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Ella Giacomini hugs Monarch High student Gabriella Glorioso after the walkout in honor of the 17 victims killed at the school on Valentine's Day and in a show of protest.

Students from Westglades middle school next to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School join the walkout in honor of the 17 victims killed at the school on Valentine's Day and in a show of protest.

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