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Hamilton High School Taking Different Approach To Student Walkout

As other student groups choose to walk out of school on March 14, Hamilton students will be "walking in" to honor Parkland shooting victims.

SUSSEX, WI — As student groups from across the area plan on various walkouts on March 14 to honor the loss of life at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, Hamilton High School student groups are planning a voluntary walk-in the same day.

According to district officials, student representatives from Yearbook, Synergy Show Choir and Charger TV are working with Hamilton administrators on a special event in which the high school will be dismissed 10 minutes early, allowing students to participate in an event where the Hamilton choirs will perform. A silent vigil to commemorate the victims will follow.

Students who choose not to participate will be able to go directly to their buses or after-school activities, officials said.

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Following the choir performance and silent vigil, students will then be released at 2:25 p.m., with the option to stay after school to discuss the tragedy in Parkland, and other recent events that have occurred across the country.

“Hamilton’s goal is to reach those impacted in Parkland by stating that we not only hear them, but stand strong with them during this time of sorrow and remembrance,” said Hayley Jasinski, one of the student planners. “By holding this event, Hamilton students hope to demonstrate not only to this community, but to the world, that these are our friends, families and schools being affected.”

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