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Hey New Canaan,
Since the Holiday Dance, the “Frost Fest” was canceled we tried to come up with ways to raise money for Toys For Tots. We’re going to sell Candy Cane Grams starting this Thursday at lunch. Each gram will be a candy cane and a message that will be sold for $1. They are going to be for sale Thursday, Friday, and Monday…
Siddarth Deshpande
Reporter
This Monday, GSA is holding Ally week, which consists of several different activities targeted towards raising awareness about the GSA and its goals.
The national GSA organizattion is designed to draw attention to Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transsexual (LGBT) issues in schools and to encourage people to become allies of students of different sexual orientations who are being harrassed and tormented…
Hi Rams!
I’m afraid I have some bad news…unfortunately we had to cancel this year’s holiday dance (the Frost Fest) because we couldn’t sell enough tickets. Last year was the first time ever we had to cancel the dance, and now it seems like it has become an unfortunate tradition. We really would have liked to sell tickets to the dance, because the money was supposed to be donated to Toys For Tots. This week, we are now going to have to give money back to the people who bought tickets. If you would like to donate the money to Toys For Tots anyway, just let us know…
Scott O’Brien
Reporter
400,000 kids are trafficked in the United States each year. Pura Vida for Children will be hosting an assembly on December 10th during A and B period to raise awareness about child sex trafficking. This assembly will be led by Love146, a non- profit organization made up of modern-day abolitionists who are taking a strong stand to end child sex trafficking through raising awareness and are providing aftercare for rescued children…
In homeroom classes on Dec. 9, senior Lindsay Coburn will be surveying students’ opinions about school unity for her Civics project. She aims to gather student views on underclassmen/upperclassmen relations and whether Spirit Week activities bring school community or inter-class competition. “It will be discussion based,” she said. “Students will talk about if they feel everyone in the school gets along or whether there’s a divide between grades and certain clubs…”
