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Hillside Students To Take on ÔRachelÕs ChallengeÕ

Legacy of Student Killed at Columbine Foundation of Assembly

 

Who:          The students of Hillside Middle School

        

                  and

 

                  The parents of Hillside students

 

What:          will take on ÒRachelÕs Challenge,Ó an interactive assembly based on the diaries of Rachel Scott, the first student killed during the Columbine massacre in 1999.  ÒRachelÕs ChallengeÓ urges students to eliminate prejudice, dare to dream, choose influences selectively, and act kindly toward others.

 

When:         OCT. 15, 2007

                  Student assemblies in the morning

                  Parent and community meeting at 7:00 p.m.

 

Where:        Hillside Middle School, 112 Reservoir Ave., Manchester, NH

 

About the program: Video and audio footage of RachelÕs life and the Columbine tragedy

holds students spellbound during a one-hour school presentation that motivates them

to change the way they treat others.

 

An interactive 45-minute training session involving adult and student leaders follows, and an evening

session for parents and community leaders assists participants in devising strategies to sustain the positive

momentum created by the assembly.