Edwards students create Unity Chain

A paper chain stretches the width of the Edwards Elementary School Commons area, as a visual representation of unity, solidarity, and peace. Parents, teachers, and the school created the chain during the school’s Feb. 14 Friendship Party. The school supplied students with a take-home worksheet to make paper chain strips at home with their families. To honor and reflect on Black History Month and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s messages of peace and friendship, each student wrote his/her identity on the strip, along with a message promoting unity within the Edwards community. Also, the activity encouraged each student to write on additional loops the name of a leader, musician, scientist, or another person from their culture or any other culture the student and/or family views as important to them.