Oak Hill Students Celebrate International Day of Peace

Some 200 students Kindergarten through grade six celebrated International Day of Peace on Sept. 21 on the school grounds.

Children had been studying world peace makers the likes of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and other great world leaders who inspired peace.

Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School was the only school in the region to take part in this international effort.

Parent Carrie Forrester and art teacher Lisa Carswell helped the children prepare for this educational and spiritual event. "The kids worked on creating their pinwheels for peace. They were doing all kinds of colorful projects," said Carswell.

"We've been doing this for several years but this year was much bigger in style," she said. Everything was built around the motto of Ghandi “Be the change you want to see in the world.” 

A colorful purple and white dove of peace led a procession from the soccer field around the school building.

"The children studied cultures from around the world--from Egypt, Spain, China and America too," said Carswell.

"This was very exciting and the children learned a lot about peace in the world,"said Forrester.

Thousands of people from 100 cities around the United States and 27 foreign countries took part in the annual event.

This is their website.

These are photos from a beautiful ceremony on a typical Indian Summer Day in St. Louis.