The Social Justice Committee is pleased to announce that we are again sponsoring the Peace Award. This award will be presented to two students at Robinson Secondary School who have made a substantial effort toward achieving peaceable resolutions to a conflict or conflicts in the high school or the larger community.

Here are some guidelines:

• Applicants must be enrolled in 9th through 12th grade at Robinson during the 2007-08 school year
  
  
• A student can nominate himself/herself or be nominated by another student or any faculty or staff member at Robinson
  
  
• Application forms are available from the Robinson Career Center
  
  
• Completed application forms must be given to the Career Center Director on or before May 2, 2008
  
  
• The award winners will be honored at the Robinson Awards Ceremony in June and each will receive an award of $300
  

Some examples of items to be considered include:

• Demonstrated commitment to peace by engaging in activities that strive to end conflict either locally or globally.
  
  
• Demonstrated efforts to discuss or otherwise resolve potentially controversial issues within the school or community in order to bring about positive resolutions to those issues.
  
  
• Demonstrated efforts to promote the understanding of divisive issues and situations in order to improve harmony between cultures and races.
  
  
• Demonstrated efforts to resolve conflicts among students or members of the community who feel isolated or alienated.
  
  
• Demonstrated a pursuit of tolerance and peace through an original creative expression

We are pleased to be sponsoring this award with Herndon Friends Meeting (Quaker), another local religious community. Lisa Hayes and Nancy Davis are representing Accotink on the Peace Award Committee.

Please share this information with Robinson Secondary students you know. We encourage our AUUC youth to apply for the Peace Award. Application Form (PDF)