Friday, November 4, 2016

Preparations are underway for our visit with Salva Dut

Under the leadership of Ellen Menesale and Elizabeth Carroll, our entire 6th grade team has been hard at work preparing for a day-long "Water Changes Everything" celebration on November 16.

The culmination of the day will be a school-wide assembly with Salva Dut. All of our students, grade 6-8, have read the book A Long Walk to Water which is a fictionalized account of Mr. Dut's story. In addition, Nock students have been part of a multi-year civic engagement project to support worldwide water initiatives. We are proud that Mr. Dut has chosen to visit the Nock and will be able to meet the staff and students who have been so committed to his story and cause.

Below is a link to an article on Salva Dut and the program that is in today's Newburyport Current. 

http://newburyport.wickedlocal.com/news/20161101/refugee-activist-salva-dut-coming-to-newburyport

Salva Dut (waterforsouthsudan.org)