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RESPECT Week Comes to MVHS

By TRUE JARREL

Moapa Valley Progress

Emilie Leigh and Nicole Erickson wear matching clothes for Wednesday’s ‘Respect Each Other Day’. PHOTO BY TRUE JARREL/Moapa Valley Progress.

Moapa Valley High School celebrated the school district-wide RESPECT Week last week. This special event focused on what respect means, and how it is important in society, school and in students’ daily lives.

The RESPECT week activities were planned by the MVHS student council.
The week kicked off on Monday with a Celebrate Diversity Day. Students were supposed to wear the jersey of their favorite sports team.

Tuesday was Respect Diversity Day and Vegas Strong Day, allowing students to dress up in either mis-matched patterns, or clothing honoring the victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting of Oct. 1.

Wednesday was Respect Each Other Day, meaning students were to dress in matching clothes in pairs or groups.

Thursday, which was Respect Your School Day, had students come to school in the Pirate colors.

Finally, Friday was Get Your Blue On Day, in which the whole school was meant to wear blue to show their commitment to RESPECT.

Similarly, over the course of the week multiple student-made videos and advertisements for RESPECT Week were aired on the student news every morning. These videos explained the meaning behind Respect and the things students could do to show it.

“I think Respect is important every time and everywhere, not just during RESPECT Week,” said new MVHS dean Duane McMinn. “There’s the old adage of ‘treat people the way you want to be treated’, which is important. But it’s good to have this time to focus on what respect means.”

“In regards to the lessons we’re learning this week,” McMinn advised students, “Make sure that this doesn’t end up being just a week-long lesson. Make sure to use this everywhere in school, and in the rest of your lives.”

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