Fernandina Beach High School students hold tribute for Parkland students

By Susan Hardee Steger
March 14, 2018 11:340 a.m.

Fernandina Beach High School students gather in the courtyard to pay tribute to students who were killed at Parkland High School.

To the music “Stand By Me” students walked from their classrooms to the courtyard at Fernandina Beach High School to pay tribute to the seventeen Parkland, Florida students tragically killed during a mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. Names and words of remembrance were read for each student who lost their lives. The gathering ended with a moment of silence.

The solemn occasion was organized by the Fernandina Beach High School Student Government. School personnel, estimated 50% of the FBHS students took part in the voluntary gathering held today at 10:00 a.m.

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Linda Pond
Linda Pond (@guest_50616)
6 years ago

Very proud of our FBHS planning and participating in the tribute to the victims of the Parkland murders. I hope our legislators will support their tribute and those of the thousands of other school children and faculty/staff who are demanding, “never again.”

Jill Mccarthy
Jill Mccarthy (@guest_50618)
6 years ago

Very proud of the students, faculty and staff that supported this. Proud to say I am a FBHS graduate and say it with such pride.

Nancy Dickson
Nancy Dickson(@nancyjackathenshotmail-com)
6 years ago

Students lead the way! So very proud of all the students stood for the many victims of gun violence. May our legislators see, represented in these students, the wave of the future which will no longer tolerate the mass murders of young people in our country. Many of these young people will be able to vote in coming elections.5

Dave Lott
Dave Lott(@dave-l)
6 years ago

While it was good to see that the gathering was indeed a memorial and not the political event seen at other schools, I still question why this event was held during the school day and an interruption of their academic schedule. Why not hold it before the start of school or on Saturday where students could be joined by the families?

Earl Guss
Earl Guss (@guest_50622)
6 years ago

This action by students might have been the most important Civics lesson of their year demonstrating to them what Freedom of Speech and Expression really means to a citizen. We supported out grandchildren totally in whatever they chose to do.

Steven Crounse
Steven Crounse (@guest_50623)
6 years ago

Dave Lott, You just Don’t get it Do You.!

Dave Lott
Dave Lott(@dave-l)
6 years ago
Reply to  Steven Crounse

Steven,
I do get it but a civics lesson does not espouse one political view over another. Half the students decided not to participate according to the reports, so what does that say? Now some of the national organizers are calling for another national student walk-out day next month on the Columbine shooting anniversary. So why don’t we have a student skip school event on the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s so they participate in a community service event? Why not one every 9/11? Where does it stop and there is the recognition that one of the primary keys to personal success is a good education. Will one hour out of school make a major difference to achieving that success. No it won’t but you still don’t address my question as to why the event could have been held outside of academic hours?

Peggy A Bulger
Peggy A Bulger(@peggy-bulger1949gmail-com)
6 years ago

I hope that Cord Nyrd & Aaron Bean have taken notice & will reconsider the decision to allow assault rifles to be purchased — stand up & just say NO to the NRA!