Career Academy and Reach Students Celebrate International Day of Peace

On Tuesday, September 21, OCM BOCES’ Career Academy and Reach program students and staff celebrated International Day of Peace at the school and into the village of Liverpool. During the morning, students created pinwheels with inspiring messages of peace and then “planted” the pinwheels outside the school in order for the wind to carry their messages around the world. Following the pinwheel ceremony, students created banners and posters conveying messages of peace and then participated in a peace march starting at the school and going through the village of Liverpool.

2010 was the first year that OCM BOCES’ students participated in the International Day of Peace and all activities were arranged completely by students!

International Peace Day was established by a United ­Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. Beginning on the 20th anniversary of this date, the United Nations General Assembly set September 21 as the permanent date for the International Day of Peace. Millions of students throughout the world currently participate in International Day of Peace activities. For more detailed information about International Day of Peace and Pinwheels for Peace, visit: http://www.pinwheelsforpeace.com/pinwheelsforpeace/home.html.