{"id":437,"date":"2019-02-28T04:22:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T04:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/roudt\/?p=437"},"modified":"2019-05-03T04:15:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T04:15:42","slug":"let-everyday-be-pink-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/roudt\/2019\/02\/28\/let-everyday-be-pink-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Everyday Be Pink Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

COMMUNITY NEWS ITEM<\/span><\/p>\n

On February 27th, Pink Day (also known as Pink Shirt Day<\/span>) was celebrated in schools across the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

This event originally began in a small town in Nova Scotia. \u00a0A ninth grader was being bullied for wearing the colour pink, so two boys took a stand by encouraging their peers to wear pink shirts in support of that bullied student.<\/p>\n

This seemingly small act created a bigger movement and resonated with many, bringing forth much needed attention on bullying behaviour, the promotion of kindness, and the inspiration to be a hero (instead of a silent bystander) for others in need.<\/p>\n

Our Grade 1 and 2 writers wanted to share their thoughts on this important community event in the form of Syllable-Count Cinquains<\/span>.<\/p>\n

A Syllable-Count Cinquain is a five-lined poem that has a total of 22 syllables. \u00a0It has a specific syllable pattern…<\/em><\/p>\n