Fickett Elementary School students, staff, and community members came together on Thursday, Oct.9 to show their support for survivors and fighters at the school’s second annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk.
Students at every grade level rallied in the gym and proudly raised their decorated signs with messages of encouragement as they prepared for the awareness walk. Led by the Fickett Elementary School cheerleaders, the entire school walked, danced, and cheered down Rux Road and back to campus.
“We’ve had several members of our team be affected by this awful, horrible disease, as well as community members,” Fickett Elementary School principal Benita Grant said. “We’re really trying to get our kids to understand the ramifications of breast cancer, so in hopes one day, they’ll grow up to find a cure.”
Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the school spent an entire week educating its students about the disease, showing videos where survivors and fighters shared their experience, and talking students through the impact the disease has had on people.
“The energy for the Breast Cancer Walk starts with educating our kids on what breast cancer is,” Grant said. “The students are rallying now, but one day they could be the scientist that finds the cure and that motivation would’ve started right here at Fickett.”