Rainbow Day at WMS embodies spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:58:10 GMT

By Sawyer A.

Students form a rainbow in the lobby of Watertown Middle School after the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assembly.

Rainbow Day embodies spirit of MLK By SAWYER A. Watertown Splash staff reporter Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed 44 years ago. But his legacy was most certainly not. Proof of that was in Watertown Middle School’s auditorium on Jan. 13 for the MLK Day assembly. There’s always an essay contest, always some video clips pertaining to Dr. King, but it was taken one step farther this year. With Rainbow Day. The whole student body sported colored clothing, and together formed rainbows. Each color of the many rainbows meant something. Each represented a characteristic of MLK, or a principle that he embodied. In a great speech at the beginning of the assembly, Principal Kimo Carter told everyone in attendance what their color represented. Red was courage. Orange was hope and possibilities. Yellow was challenge. Green was growth and progress. Blue was vision and horizons. And, last but not least, Purple represented friendship and love. The WMS student council and Sam Morris’s leadership enrichment developed this idea to combat bullying in our school system. Julia Harrington, student body co-president said, “I feel the MLK assembly showed diversity among students, and acceptance throughout the whole student body. On the title slide of the PowerPoint shown, it said, ‘A Rainbow of Qualities.’ We all were wearing our different colors, but they came together to make something beautiful.” --Jan. 30, 2012--

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Rainbow Day at WMS embodies spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.