Honks 4 Peace

John Lennon would be proud:
Students gather with DEI director Debbie. Taylor to help celebrate International Peace Day at North Cross. The DEI students had planned this day for a week. From left to right, Debbie Taylor, Dara Kerman ‘27, Nola Daninger ‘27, Caroline Welfare ‘27 and Associate Head of School for Academics Victor Lamas  gather around a table filled with peace stickers, Lennon glasses, peace necklaces and more. The day  started out with the DEI members coming to school at 7:15 a.m. to have a moment of silence gathered around the flagpole outside of Willis Hall. From there, they gathered signs and held them up as parents and students drove by on their way to drop off their kids, brothers and sisters. Lots of horns sounded out around the parking lot. Another activity involved pictures to be taken as students posed with their friends around a hippie van from the ‘60s. “I think the best part is being able to get the parents involved, where they get to honk on the carpool, which is always fun, and I think it helps them to be a little bit more peaceful throughout the day, because they get to get a little bit of frustration out on the horns,”  Taylor remarked the next day. In short, lots of people  turned out for International Peace Day.