​Some of our grade 7 students have taken a pledge to be silent today. Mone, Avin, Kristjana, Fanny and Iiona shared the following information with me this morning. 

"Please understand my reason for not speaking today. I am participating in The Day of Silence, a national youth movement protesting the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies. My deliberate silence is caused by the prejudice, harassment​, and discrimination that LGBT teens have to suffer from on a daily basis. I believe that ending silence is the first step towards fighting these inequities."