11 Oct Christa McAuliffe Middle School – Holocaust Memorial Garden
Planting at the Christa McAuliffe Middle School, Palm Beach County, Fl Eighth-grade students in Palm Beach County Schools study the core text of The Diary of Anne Frank. Students learn about the Holocaust and how this tragedy still resonates with the world today. The creation of the Christa McAuliffe Middle School (CMMS) Holocaust Memorial Garden is a reminder to all students and visitors to the campus that we must not be indifferent in the face of tyranny or oppression. The theme for their garden was indifference and at the blooming ceremony the children spoke about indifference and how important it is for us to not turn away from current day oppression. The following quote by Ellie Wiesel from his book, Perils of Indifference, set the tone for the Holocaust Memorial Garden. “Of course, indifference can be tempting. It is so much easier to look away from victims. It is so much easier to avoid such rude interruptions to our work, our dreams, our hopes. It is, after all, awkward, troublesome, to be involved in another person’s pain or loss of hope. Yet, for the person who is indifferent, his or her neighbor is not important. And, therefore, their lives are meaningless. Their...