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Wenatchee High School Students Join Together to Remember Victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High

About 400 Wenatchee High School students gathered on the track behind the school for a memorial to the 17 students and staff who died Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, Parkland, Florida. “Our students really wanted to remember those that were lost at Parkland,” said Eric Anderson, WHS principal. “I'm proud of their leadership”

Members of the Associated Student Body (ASB) stood on the concrete bleachers above the track and read about each person who had been killed in the school shooting in February, followed by a moment of silence. 

Afterwards, ASB President Marc Hernandez addressed the crowd, saying that each person who died was a victim of a system in dire need of change. ““We stand together, united, as students and faculty to honor those who lost their lives . . . We are not present for the purpose of partitioning groups with contrasting ideologies, rather, we stand together to stimulate necessary conversation. A conversation for change.”

The ASB leadership student also wanted to share with students how they could get involved in the political process, but wanted to be clear that this is not advocating for any political stance. “This was more of, how do you get involved,” said Eric Anderson, WHS principal. “If you're passionate about something, how do you take that to the next step.”

After the gathering, about 170 students left campus to walk down to Memorial Park for a community event about school shootings.


Q&A with Wenatchee High School Students

We talked to Connor and Avery, two students attending the Wenatchee High School Walk Out, after the event.

Q. Unfortunately there have been a number of school shootings since Columbine. Why do you think this school shooting is different, so much so that made you guys want to come out today?
Connor: I think it's because the kids in Florida are actually coming out and speaking about how horrible an event it was and they're making a lot of noise about it and letting people know how horrible it was. I think that's what's stimulated us to come out here and do the same thing.
Avery: There's a lot more things going on in the world right now, I mean it's 2018. I feel like there's a lot more press covering this because it was one of the bigger ones than most of the high school shootings that's taken place since Columbine.

Q. This is happening all across the nation. What's your hope is the result of today’s Walk Out?
Avery:    Well, obviously that there's less school shootings. But I don't think I have a good way to diminish those numbers.
Connor: I hope there's less school shootings, too but I just hope that people are nicer to people. I don't know you can't really do anything to change this, except for being nice and trying to get on a personal level with people.

Q. Since this has happened while you're in high school, do you think it will change what you do as an adult? And if so how?
Connor: I think, we'll see gun legislation changing for sure in the future. I think that when I'm an adult we probably won't have as many guns so hopefully we'll be more gun safe, just a more safe environment, have a safer school system.
Avery:    Hopefully we'll be figured out by then. 
Connor: I mean terrible things are probably still going to happen but ...
Avery:    The world's corrupt. I feel like I'm going to show maybe more compassion and understanding towards people. I don't know what went on in his [the shooter’s] mind, but there was probably a defining moment where he chose, 'I'm going to do this.' Maybe there was some factors that could have changed that before that time.

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