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Stockton dedicates peace pole
Students and staff at Richard Stockton Elementary School showed their dedication to being ambassadors of peace by dedicating a Peace Pole to the community on Sept. 22.
The Peace Pole displays the words “may peace prevail” in 12 different languages, which represent each of the ethnic backgrounds of the student body.
To commemorate the dedication, students stepped forward to read the phrase in the language that represented their family heritage. The 12 languages include Spanish, French, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Hindi, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Dutch, German and sign language – which was represented on the pole in Braille.
To begin the dedication ceremony, students marched around the school in a peace parade to the tune of “It’s a Small World.” Many of them were clad in light blue, the symbolic color of peace day, and in their hands, they held flags they made in art class representing nations all over the world.
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