After listening to the gut wrenching story of Rachel’s Challenge, one of the Colorado students killed in the Columbine school shooting, some 1,200 students of Evans High School recently signed on to a commitment to actively show kindness in everyday life and to spread that message.
A student at the Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, Rachael Scott was one of 12 students and a teacher killed in 1981, the largest school shooting in U.S. history. As a thoughtful writer and journalist for her age, Rachel possessed several diaries and journals at the time she was killed.
Within the diaries were ideas and thoughts expressing the importance of spreading kindness to all. According to witnesses and friends, she not only expressed her ideas on paper, she demonstrated them in deed and action. Her words and walk can be echoed in her writing when she penned “You may just start a chain reaction.”
The students at Evans High witnessed a story of promise, lost and national tragedy as they were guided through Rachael’s life and uneventful end.
Following the program they were asked to commit to five points, which if practiced, would allow them to display the kindness and continue the chain reaction Rachel Scott wrote about.
After the presentation, the students had an opportunity to sign a banner which cemented their commitment to Rachel’s message and Rachel’s Challenge.
If anyone is interested in seeing photos of where Rachel Joy Scott lived and went to school, visit my website at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/41362530@N08/