LDHS students remember victims of Parkland shooting
Students walked out of class at 10 a.m. to remember victims of the Parkland shooting.
March 14, 2018
In honor of the lives lost in American school shootings, LDHS students, faculty and staff participated in several events March 14.
Student Council encouraged Raiders to wear black to “speak up against violence in schools” and to participate in the National School Walk Up, which promotes getting to know others who are not parts of students’ usual circles.
At 9:55 a.m. junior Peyton Crowder came over the PA system to speak about “walk up instead of walk out” and the lives lost in the Parkland school shooting. Crowder said the following:
“On Feb. 14, 2018, tragedy struck Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the community of Parkland, Florida. The shooter entered the building and activated a fire alarm nearby. At around 2:21 p.m., he began shooting. The shooting lasted around six minutes, after which the shooter dropped his weapon and fled the building, blending in with the other students. On that day, 17 lives were lost: 14 students unable to go to prom, graduate, or go off to college; three faculty members heroically died protecting their students. That’s three parents, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. Today, we honor their memory by wearing black and walking up instead of walking out. Walk up to someone you’ve never met, embrace them, and let them know that you are always there if they need anything. We don’t know what tomorrow holds. We may not even have tomorrow. Be kind to one another, and be your brother’s keeper. Today we remember:
- Alyssa Alhadeff, aged 14
- Scott Beigel, 35
- Martin Duque, 14
- Nicholas Dworet, 17
- Aaron Feis, 37
- Jaime Guttenberg, 14
- Chris Hixon, 49
- Luke Hoyer, 15
- Cara Loughran, 14
- Gina Montalto, 14
- Joaquin Oliver, 17
- Alaina Petty, 14
- Meadow Pollack, 18
- Helena Ramsay, 17
- Alex Schachter, 14
- Carmen Schentrup, 16
- Peter Wang, 15 “
John Jiler • Nov 27, 2018 at 5:43 pm
THE NOTORIOUS NINETEEN
Dear Editor;
Autumn is deepening, and seniors are thinking harder and harder about their next step. For many of us, your generation is the hope of the future. The Parkland high school shootings galvanized young people across the nation to passionately advocate for common sense gun laws. Now, as your attention turns to college, we want to turn our admiration into action.
With the help of the Brady Center, the new Gabby Giffords consortium, Everytown for Gun Safety and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, we’re reaching out to high school journalists across the country with our list of the NOTORIOUS NINETEEN—the states with dangerous, inadequate gun laws. Many of them condone the open carry of weapons on college campuses, but even those who don’t have encouraged or tolerated a state-wide lawless and violent culture. Our mission is to make these states known to high school seniors, whom we encourage NOT to apply to college in:
ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, UTAH, WEST VIRGINIA, or WYOMING.
We’ll be following up with letters to college presidents, Governors and legislators of the “Notorious Nineteen.” If they’re curious why their state-wide college applications are down this year, we’ll be happy to tell them!
Thank you for considering the publication of this letter in your newspaper. This is how the world changes. Good luck throughout senior year…… and beyond!
Best,
John Jiler,
Coordinator,
Committee for Scholastic Action On Guns