- April 20, 2024
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Students wave their Picasso doves during the Monday morning assembly.
Kindergarteners Zsoka Moldovanyi and Taelynn Shabazz put their thumbs up after they thought of ideas for how to create peace in their lives.
Kindergarteners Vera Dalhsten and Peyton Hale hold the flag during the Pledge of Allegiance.
Principal Dr. Shirin Gibson and Assistant Principal Mike Kelley spoke during the assembly. "Use a thought in your head that could resolve a problem," she said.
The peace pole stands in the courtyard of Gullett Elementary, and reads "may peace prevail on earth" in multiple languages.
Ross Russo, a member of the East Manatee Rotary Club, spoke at the assembly on behalf of the club.
Monica Rice, guidance counselor, lead the program for the International Peace Day assembly.
Michal McClusky, Kemijiah Keno, Brianne Bonzheinn and Caitlyn Salerno show off their peace doves.
Fifth-grader Azareeyah Heaven speaks about the importance of peace during the assembly.
B.D. Gullett Elementary School held its eighth annual peace pole dedication Monday.
Alen Krdzic spoke the peace pole phrase, "may peace prevail on earth," in Bosnian.
Second-graders Jayden Brown and Nateline Sejaan-Clark hold up their peace doves during the assembly.
Kindergarteners Alaina Duke and Emilie Dixon hold up their Picasso-inspired doves of peace.
The B.D. Gullett Elementary School peace pole serves as the monument which greets students every morning before school while their parents drop them off for the day. Monday, Sept. 21, those students got to learn a little about the peace pole and why peace is important.
Gullett has had a dedication ceremony for the pole for 8 years, after the East Manatee Rotary Club donated it to the school. The pole reads "may peace prevail on earth," and Gullet students stood up today to repeat the phrase in Lebanese, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian and Bosnian. Other students talked about the importance of world peace, and how to contribute by making peace with classmates, siblings, friends and parents.
The school's administrators, Principal Dr. Shirin Gibson and Assistant Principal Mike Kelley, spoke at the dedication, along with school guidance counselor, Monica Rice, and Rotary member Russ Russo.
"Each and every one of us have an obligation to promote peace," Rice said.
Students also decorated paper doves for the assembly, representing the work of Pablo Picasso, who created the emblem of a dove for the first International Peace Conference, held in Paris in 1949.
