{"id":2105038,"date":"2023-11-21T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-cancels-student-created-usa-day-calls-unification-idea-too-politicized\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T15:21:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T20:21:03","slug":"high-school-cancels-student-created-usa-day-calls-unification-idea-too-politicized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-cancels-student-created-usa-day-calls-unification-idea-too-politicized\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Cancels Student-Created &#8216;USA Day&#8217;, Calls &#8216;Unification&#8217; Idea Too &#8216;Politicized&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhigh-school-cancels-student-created-usa-day-calls-unification-idea-too-politicized%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2105038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The\u200d Woke Administration of\u2062 a Massachusetts High School Cancels \u200b&#8221;USA Day&#8221; for Being &#8220;Too Political&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The woke administration of a Massachusetts\u2062 high school has\u200d canceled\u2062 its planned \u201cUSA Day\u201d because officials say it is \u201ctoo political\u201d and not inclusive enough.<\/p>\n<p>Led \u200bby principal Jamie\u2062 Chisum, the administration of Wellesley \u200dHigh School in\u200b Wellesley decided to dump the day from its \u201cspirit week\u201d schedule \u201cbecause it felt really different\u2064 than the other themes,\u201d Chisum said \u2063in a letter to students and parents, according to WFXT-TV Boston.<\/p>\n<p>The principal tried \u200cto explain the reasoning for\u200b dropping \u2062the patriotic celebration\u2064 in \u200cfavor of \u201cFitness Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe felt that the topic has been politicized beyond\u2064 our school and we wanted to\u200b avoid politics,\u201d\u200b Chisum \u200cwrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had Mismatch Monday, Tropical Tuesday, Western Wednesday, Team Jersey\u200b Thursday and today was Fitness Friday. Monday is Monochrome Monday and \u200dTuesday is Pajama\u200d day,\u201d he said. \u201cSpirit Week \u200cis intended to be a light and fun way\u2063 for \u2064our students to\u200d get excited about our pep rally and Thanksgiving Day football game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe acknowledge \u2062that the impact for some people has been just the opposite of our intention and\u2062 that we\u200d have inadvertently politicized this\u2062 activity. I am definitely sorry for any negative effect \u2063this has \u2064had on kids and families,\u201d Chisum\u2063 concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, one \u200dshould\u200c not be allowed to have \u201cspirit\u201d for the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>It is also \u2062ironic that the \u201cUSA Day\u201d was suggested\u200c by the students. Student Olivia Spagnuolo, a member of the school\u2019s Student Unification \u2062Program, told WFXT she was\u200c \u201cshocked\u201d by the administration\u2019s outrageous\u2063 move \u2062to cancel the patriotic day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration\u200b was\u2063 not going to let this happen,\u201d Spagnuolo \u2063told\u200d the station. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t \u2064a\u2062 topic for \u200bdiscussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said it was not \u2063allowed because it separated\u200d people at the school,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a>: \u2018I think it\u2019s absurd\u2026 sad and\u200d depressing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m shocked.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Parents, students spoke out on a day that \u2063was planned as \u200bUSA themed\u2014 until Wellesley High cancelled fearing it was too\u200b \u2018politicized\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The school apologized, and many still wore red,\u200c white, and blue. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boston25?\">@boston25<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kzBc7rWHkm\">pic.twitter.com\/kzBc7rWHkm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Coates (@danielcoates_25) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielcoates_25\/status\/1725654120273424828?\">November\u200c 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many kids still wore red-white-and-blue garb\u200d on the day planned for\u200c \u201cUSA \u2062Day\u201d\u2064 anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Some parents were \u2063outraged by the school\u2019s decision to cancel America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s absurd,\u201d one told\u200c WFXT. \u201cI\u2063 think it\u2019s sad and depressing we\u2019re \u200cat this state that celebrating the United States is political.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, that parent is \u200bright.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps distressingly, Wellesley is a western suburb \u200bof Boston and is only \u2064minutes \u2064away from\u2062 the\u2064 site of the Boston Tea Party,\u200c one of the seminal moments in the formation of our country. \u2062It\u2019s also\u2063 in a\u2062 state that was integral in America\u2019s Revolutionary and founding eras.<\/p>\n<p>Many woke schools have no problem\u2062 with celebrating\u2063 the\u200b Black Lives Matter movement or \u200bLGBT \u201cpride.\u201d How do these \u200devents not \u2064\u201cseparate\u201d us all \u2064one \u2062from another?<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think canceling &#8220;USA Day&#8221; was \u2063wrong?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this \u2062poll entitles\u2062 you to The Western Journal news\u200c updates free of charge via email. You may opt out at anytime. You also\u2064 agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms\u200b of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: \u2063100%\u2063 (2 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar\u200b ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var \u2064i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3532564\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>Yet, when the students themselves tell school officials that they \u2062want a day to celebrate the whole\u2063 United \u200dStates \u2014 \u200da day to bring us all together in patriotism \u2014 that, somehow, is \u201cseparating\u201d us, the\u2062 left-wing officials say.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly since \u200cthe first day our Founders envisioned\u2064 this country, \u200dit was thought\u200c of as\u2062 a place to allow all \u2064to express their political\u2063 and religious ideals. While still\u200c flawed \u2014 as \u200bwe errant humans are \u2014 it ideally became a \u201cmelting\u2062 pot\u201d \u200cfor everyone\u200b \u2014 \u2064a beacon of freedom\u2063 to the world.<\/p>\n<p>But\u200c to \u200bthese\u2063 woke \u200badministrators, celebrating those ideals and that \u200dhistory is not \u201cinclusive\u201d enough.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we are to celebrate the Marxist theories of separating us \u2064into grievance\u200b collectives:\u200b black against white, illegal immigrant against citizen,\u200c LGBT against straight, \u200bpoor against rich, and on and on it\u200b goes.<\/p>\n<p>This is \u200bthe way to \u200ddestroy\u200d a country, not create \u2064a strong and unified \u200cone. These school administrators\u2063 should be ashamed of themselves.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>An\u200c Urgent Note from Our Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u2064Western Journal \u2064has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-recruits-super-bowl-champ-to-be-official-spokesman-for-covid-booster\/\" title=\"Pfizer hires Super Bowl champ as COVID booster spokesperson.\">labeled \u201cdangerous\u201d simply<\/a> because we have a biblical worldview and \u2064speak the truth \u200babout\u200c what is happening in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We refuse to let Big Tech\u2062 and woke\u200d advertisers\u2063 dictate the content \u200cwe share with our\u200c community. We stand for truth. We stand for freedom. 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Your support means we can continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-goes-around-voters-backs-signs-change-in-state-election-laws\/\" title=\"Governor sneaks behind voters, enacts new election laws.\">expose false narratives<\/a> and\u200b defend traditional American values.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please stand with us by donating today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thank you for\u200d your support!<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/high-school-cancels-student-created-usa-day-calls-unification-idea-politicized\/\">High \u2062School Cancels Student-Created \u2063&#8217;USA \u2063Day&#8217;, Calls &#8216;Unification&#8217; Idea Too \u2063&#8217;Politicized&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why is celebrating the United\u200d States and its patriotism considered \u2064too political in \u2064some\u2064 instances?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ck\u2063 Lives \u200bMatter movement or promoting LGBTQ+ rights, but when it comes to celebrating \u2063the \u200cUnited States and its patriotism, suddenly it\u2019s considered too political.<\/p>\n<p>It is disheartening to see a school administration succumbing to the pressure of political correctness and canceling an event that was meant to unite students and promote school spirit. The decision to replace &#8220;USA Day&#8221; with &#8220;Fitness Friday&#8221; sends a message that celebrating our country is somehow divisive and exclusionary.<\/p>\n<p>The principal&#8217;s explanation that the topic has been politicized beyond\u2063 the school is weak at best. Spirit Week is meant to\u200c be a lighthearted and \u2063fun way for students to\u2063 come together and support their school. Removing a\u200d day that celebrates their country only widens the divide and reinforces the idea that patriotism is a controversial subject.<\/p>\n<p>What makes this\u200d situation even more ironic is\u2064 that &#8220;USA Day&#8221; was suggested by\u200c the students themselves. It was \u2062their\u2062 initiative, but the\u2062 administration decided it was best\u2062 to \u2064quash their enthusiasm and cancel the event. This sends a message to the students that their opinions and\u2062 ideas are not valued or respected.<\/p>\n<p>Some parents and students \u200cexpressed their outrage over the cancellation, rightfully \u200cso. Celebrating the\u2063 United \u2064States should not be seen as a political statement. It is a time to come together as a community and\u200c show\u200d pride in our country and its ideals.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the proximity of Wellesley to historical sites such as the Boston Tea Party should make the students and administration even more aware of the significance of celebrating\u200b the United States. These events shaped and defined our nation, and\u200d it is\u200b crucial to remember and honor our history.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential for\u200c schools to \u2064foster an environment that encourages free thought, open discussion,\u200c and an appreciation for different perspectives. Cancelling events that promote patriotism only stifles these qualities and discourages students from \u2063engaging in meaningful dialogue about their country.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the decision to cancel &#8220;USA Day&#8221; at Wellesley High School \u200bis a disheartening example of how political correctness can infringe upon \u2062our \u2062ability to celebrate and appreciate our country. It is a missed opportunity for students to come together, show school spirit, and embrace their shared nationality. It is my hope \u200dthat schools across the country will recognize\u200b the importance of celebrating patriotism and fostering an\u200d inclusive environment that encourages respectful dialogue about our nation&#8217;s history and values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts high school administration, led by principal Jamie Chisum, has canceled &#8220;USA Day&#8221; from its &#8220;spirit week&#8221; schedule. 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