Speaking Up at Our Christian School

Twenty-three times per year our student body gathers together in the gym for chapel. Today, the students were the leaders up front.

The unique chapel was led by our LIT (Leaders in Training) team and marked the start of Bullying Awareness Week. Our fourteen member team prepared for chapel by creating a video with scenarios to illustrate what bullying looks like, how not to deal with it, and how one should deal with it. We were directed to the instruction in Proverbs 31 to “speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves” and to “speak up for justice”.

Our school theme (Psalm 24:1) also declares that all people belong to God. Wanting our school playground to also be a place where all students feel like they belong, our LIT team have organized a buddy bench outside on the playground for the week. The LIT team will ensure that if any student needs help or wants a friend, they can have a seat and one of the LIT team members will support them. Later this week, they will be working on an all -school art project that will be placed in the front garden next spring. It will visually point out that each and every student belongs at our school.

It is very exciting to see our students taking charge of important matters here at our school! I’m thankful for the space for our students to practice leadership here, to equip them to be leaders everywhere.

 SJ