I hope many of you are able to join us for the second year presentation of Rachel's Challenge. Rachel Scott was the first student killed in the Colunbine school shooting incident 10 years ago. Her family started an organization based on Rachel's journal entries found after her tragic death. This program, which our wonderful PTA is sponsoring, is the second year program. Rachel's Challenge promotes kindness, compassion, and character development. One of Rachel's favorite quotes : "I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go."
Our students will have a full morningng on Oct. 7. We will start with a full school evacuation drill (required) at 9:00, where students will empty out the school and get on school buses. Then we will go to the PAC for the Rachel's Challenge presentation at 9:30. At 10:30 we will go back to Dahlstrom and have our bus evacuation drill (required). Students will be back in time for lunch and/or 4th period. Community members and families are cordially invited to come hear the RC presentation at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center.
To keep the RC message alive, we will have a Friends of Rachel (FOR) club. One of our parents, Mr. Larry Hufford, has volunteered to be in charge of this group for the school year.
He will meet regularly with the students, mostly during lunch, encouraging them to befriend other students, make new friends, and be kind to each other. I encourage parents to become a part of the FOR group.
We hope many of you are able to join us on October 7 at 9:30 at the PAC.