Wellspring Supports the Rights of Students on National Walkout Da

Today, Wednesday, March 14th, students across the country organized mass walkouts to demand safer schools. Students marked the National Walkout Day by leaving their classrooms at 10 a.m. (local times) to make a nationwide appeal for school safety and safe access to education. Students from more than 2,800 schools and colleges signed up to participate, with walkouts scheduled throughout the U.S. and as far as Australia, The United Kingdom, and Germany.
We’re proud of the fact that Carteret High School CHS students organized a walkout to show their solidarity for those who lost their lives in our nation’s most recent tragic school shooting.

Approximately 250 students walked out of Carteret High School at 10am Wednesday morning to join youth around the country in a show of peaceful protest against violence in schools. The students gathered in the school parking lot and respectfully listened while the names of all 17 people lost in Parkland Florida were read.

Concluding the event, Amy Casale, a sophomore at CHS, read a moving statement and called for a moment of silence. This student led movement was initiated by Erin Mena, Cameron Wilson, Lester Castillo, Amy Casale, Mirical Martin and Brenda Borero; supported by Pathways, the school administration, the district and the town.

Pathways is a partnership between Wellspring Center for Prevention and the Carteret school district. Our current partnership with Carteret High School creates a safe, structured environment within the school to address the social and health needs of students, ensuring that they are better able to graduate, become employable or continue their education, and lead physically and mentally healthy, drug-free lives.