{"id":16865,"date":"2019-11-11T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T17:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?page_id=16865"},"modified":"2019-11-11T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T17:24:10","slug":"project-unity-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/project-unity-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories from Project Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><span style=\"margin-right:25px;float:left;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Unity-Day-Banner-1_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"border-color:#c6dce3;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;\"><\/div><p>Unity Day is an initiative\u00a0created by the National Bullying Prevention Center\u00a0to visibly show commitments to behaviors and mindsets that eliminate hate and bullying. Since 2018, AACPS has celebrated Unity Day and, in 2019, expanded the celebration with Project Unity\u00a0to encourage those involved with schools and those in other areas of the county workforce to take part in visible anti-bullying efforts that emphasize kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent George Arlotto has championed Unity Days as opportunities for the community &#8220;to join together to convey the message of kindness and acceptance [&#8230;] loudly and clearly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator\" style=\"border-bottom:2px solid #ff8210;\"><div class=\"divider-candy-arrow bottom\" style=\"top:2px;border-top-color: #ff8210;\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy bottom\" style=\"bottom:-22px;border-bottom:1px solid #ff8210;border-left:1px solid #ff8210;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"border-color:#c6dce3;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-infinite\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-infinite\" data-pages=\"1\"><div id=\"16832\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-16832 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-georgecromwelles category-north_county_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-unity-day\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Joyce_Kovack-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two second grade boys stand holding a &quot;CommUnityBBQ2019&quot; photo frame under an orange curtain.\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/01\/joyce_kovack\/\">Our CommUNITY Barbecue<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/01\/joyce_kovack\/\">Our CommUNITY Barbecue<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"This year, the school celebrated Unity Day by hosting a CommUNITY Barbecue in the evening.  All students and their families were invited.  The event was a huge success!\"--Joyce Kovack, George Cromwell Elementary School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"16813\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-16813 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-severnaparkms category-severna_park_stories category-unity-day\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SPMSUnityDay-e1572624194598-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Severna Park Middle School Staff dressed in Orange for 2019 Unity Day\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/01\/elizabeth_westley\/\">Embracing Unity Together<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/01\/elizabeth_westley\/\">Embracing Unity Together<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"We had our first ever school wide Unity Day Pep Rally. There were be over 1500 people on the fields in front of our school. Our school community gathered together to celebrate and embrace Unity.\"--Elizabeth Westley, Severna Park Middle School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"16828\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-16828 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glenburnieparkes category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-unity-day\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#post-16828 .fusion-post-slideshow{\n\t\t\t\tmax-width:90% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBParkElemetaryUnityDay-320x202.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"A group of female elementary school students and chaperones smiling at the camera.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBParkElemetaryUnityDay-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBParkElemetaryUnityDay-700x441.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/01\/rebecca_steiner\/\">Celebrating Unity&#8211;Wherever We Go<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/01\/rebecca_steiner\/\">Celebrating Unity&#8211;Wherever We Go<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"My students and chaperones celebrated Unity Day on a fall pumpkin patch field trip!\"--Rebecca Steiner, Glen Burnie Park Elementary School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"16824\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-16824 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-glenburniehs category-glen_burnie_stories category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-unity-day\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBHSUnityDay-320x202.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Group Photo of the Glen Burnie High School English Department wearing Orange Shirts for Unity Day\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBHSUnityDay-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBHSUnityDay-700x441.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/01\/caitlin_peterson\/\">Saying N-O to Bullying!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/01\/caitlin_peterson\/\">Saying N-O to Bullying!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Our GBHS English Department says N-O to bullying!\"--Caitlin Peterson, Glen Burnie High School<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"16819\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-16819 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-severnaparkhs category-severna_park_stories category-unity-day\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#post-16819 .fusion-post-slideshow{\n\t\t\t\tmax-width:85 !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SPHS-Unitday-1-e1572625045106-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Group photo of Severna Park High School Staff Wearing Orange for 2019 Unity Day\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SPHS-Unitday-1-e1572625045106-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SPHS-Unitday-1-e1572625045106-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/01\/marianne_fitzgerald\/\">Wearing Our SPHS Unity Pride<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/01\/marianne_fitzgerald\/\">Wearing Our SPHS Unity Pride<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Our principal, Mr. Bathras, purchased orange Unity tees for the entire faculty.  They were printed by teacher Mr. Slack and students!\"--Marianne Fitzgerald, SPHS<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><style type='text\/css'>.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.7;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"margin-bottom:84px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:0px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:#1a80b6;border-style:solid;\"><a class=\"button fusion-button button-default button-round fusion-button-large button-large button-flat fusion-desktop-button continue continue-right\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/share-your-aacps-story\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>Share Your Experience<\/span><\/a><h2>How Does Your School Celebrate Unity Day?<\/h2><div class=\"reading-box-additional\"><\/div><a class=\"button fusion-button button-default button-round fusion-button-large button-large button-flat fusion-mobile-button continue-right\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/share-your-aacps-story\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>Share Your Experience<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1001013,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16865","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16865"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16874,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16865\/revisions\/16874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}