February 27 Shuswap Rotary welcomed representatives of School District 83 to tell us about Pink Shirt Day and the district policies and practices to support anti-bullying and to promote kindness in the schools and community.  Gillian Dawes-Taylor SD83 Director of Student Services explained the 9 focus areas to ERASE negatives and EMBRACE positives.  
e.g. erase cyberbullying, embrace online safety; erase bullying, embrase kindness; erase racism, embrace diversity. 

Ariana Scholinger, Jackson Science and Student Leadership teacher spoke to the specific way the policies play out in the school and what leadership that's student led looks like.  We have very inspiring young people in our schools! 

Photo: Prez Jody, Gillian Dawes-Taylor, and Ariana Scholinger