On October 11, 2013, Hathaway Brown joined people around the world in celebrating International Day of the Girl, a day the General Assembly of the United Nations set aside two years ago to acknowledge girls' rights and challenges.
During our fall Legacy Day, HB launched the school-wide theme "Be Well, Lead Well" by sharing ideas from the film "Girl Rising." Then we created a short video to capture what girls' education means to our own students.
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During Legacy Day, we considered the value of a girl's education, here at HB and everywhere else in the world. HB seniors were tasked with leading students in all other grade levels in activities and discussion based on "Girl Rising." They also read picture books with related themes to our younger girls, so all age groups could also be part of the conversation. Working in small groups, HB girls created 15-second videos to synthesize their conversations. A number of these short student-generated films appear in the video above. Girls across the school connected with each other on important themes throughout the day, and our closing celebration included folk dancing and linking arms together in the gym -- almost 1,000 of us in all.
At HB, we stand in solidarity with educators everywhere who empower girls and young women to learn for life.
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