Because Eaglecrest students are involved in so much and come form a diverse background, we have a lot to celebrate. On April 22 through April 26 we had the opportunity to celebrate the different things our students are involved in. 

On the first day of inclusion week we commemorated the day to anti bullying day. Our student body’s and staff showed out wearing blue in support of a bully free campus. This week was to promote inclusion and celebrating the Raptor way.

Hanna Alemu said, “I thought it was really different from our usual spirit days. But I liked how it was really inclusive of the school to keep in mind the people at our school who are generally left out.”

Tuesday was all about Mental health awareness. Students and staff wore green in support of mental health awareness as well as giving students the resources to come and get the help and support they might need. It’s very important that everyone knows they are heard and can come use the resources at schools to get help. Find out more about this on pages 4 and 5.

“Mental health is and issue that I know is close to a lot of people and I think it’s actually really great that they had a day that was dedicated to helping people and letting them know where they can go to get help,” replied Nathan Negash.

The third day of inclusion week was dedicated to diverse cultures. Everyone showed out in their orange in support of diversity day including the lunch staff. Some of the groups performing in Cultural Night also wore their cultural clothes.

“On Wednesday we wore Ethiopian attire because it was really fun to show people that our culture is more than just for a performance but for our way of life,” belevies Tsion Mammo.

Thursday was LGBTQI and gender equality awareness. Students and staff wore rainbow clothes and pins in support of the LGBTQI and to help bring awareness about the community to the school. Although their message of awareness was tainted, we still stand by our LGBTQI members and we will defend and support them.

Friday, the last day of inclusion week was dedicated to “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign to end the use of the r-word. People were told to wear navy blue in recognition of students and staff with disabilities.

Inclusion week was incredibly supportive of the different groups and minorities at Eaglecrest. We had the opportunity to walk through Inclusion Week united with the different people at this school.