Rachel's Challenge and the First GBS Assembly of the Year

By Julia Cooper

Ever wondered what the first assembly was like on Monday October 5, 2009?

When you walked into the G.B.S gym, you heard the song “What I like about You” by The Romantics being played by Alex Murphy and Chris Heffernan and everyone cheering. After everyone got settled down the presidents of Student Congress introduced us to the rest of the Student Congress.

After we met Student Congress the eighth grade talked about Rachel’s Challenge. If you were not there, it is about a shooting on at Columbine High School, on April 20 1999. They also told us how Rachel was trying to do little acts of kindness (before she died) to help make the world a better place. The 8th grade also showed us a presentation that had the 5 steps Rachel hoped would/will make the world a better place. Here they are…

1. Eliminate prejudice by looking for the best in others.
2. Choose positive influences and role models in life.
3. Keep a daily journal or diary.
4. Look for little things that make a big difference.
5. Tell people how much you care about them.

After that the 8th graders went to there seats and then it was tine for the white card drawing. Someone from each grade won. After all that there was Tug-A-War between the four grades. After all that tugging and cheering (by those people who did not play tug-a-war) it ended up to be a tie. Then they started playing the music again. Almost everyone stood up and started dancing. Then the Assembly was over.