SAY SOMETHING
From left, Ellie Martens, Keirsten Bybee, Mackenzie Hines, Karlie
Hoskins and Parker Heiman welcome students with encouraging
words during Say Something Week Oct. 16-20.
By Kaitlyn Byrd
Nixa High School Journalism
With the message of “Say Something,” Nixa High
School students focused on how they can make
a difference in helping avoid tragic events within
their high school community. During the week of
Oct. 16-20, Students Against Destructive Decisions
— SADD — hosted Say Something Week, which was
designed to encourage students to confide in trusted
adults if they see peers showing signs that they might
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Students Against
Destructive
work to
Decisions
prevent suicide,
bullying, gun
violence.
FALL 2017 THE NEST NIXA PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAGAZINE 3