February 20th, 2021

On Wednesday, February 24, join us in recognizing Pink Shirt Day and wear pink to school. Westvale supports this movement which was inspired by the actions of two high school students from Nova Scotia. In 2007, the students witnessed a Grade 9 boy being bullied for wearing a pink polo shirt on his first day of school. Disgusted with this treatment, the students went to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts. Then they went online to email classmates to get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed a “sea of pink”. The next day not only were dozens of students outfitted with the discount tees, but hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes.

Pink Shirt Day has grown across Canada as a way to symbolize that we as a society will not tolerate bullying.

We hope you will join our Westvale community and create our own sea of pink on Wednesday February 24th.