jews d in the continued from page 16 INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PEST CONTROL Sign up now for 10% DISCOUNT on either our 4 season spider program, bee program, or for our new mosquito program. Bloomfield Hills High School students Lexi Finkelstein, 15, Simon Abohasira, 15, Eva Goldman, 17, and Rikki Goldman, 15, show their advocacy about ending gun violence. Offer good until April 15, 2018. Free estimates. tion such as Senate Bills 584 and 586 that would force Michigan schools to allow civilians to carry hidden, loaded handguns on school premises. AT FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY (248) 585-2600 Family owned and operated since 1900 Over 100,000 satisfi ed customers since 1900 2201620 Laurie Sherman Comfort Specialist Steven Bez 500 off $ Co-Owner Select Trane Equipment Approximately 60 students at Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield gathered in the Fisher Commons to collectively march toward the JCC’s inline skating rink. Walkout organizer Emily Feldman, 15, a sophomore from Farmington Hills, said taking up this activism was of utmost importance because it is the students who can “effect positive change in our lives and that means standing in solidarity for a good cause.” Feldman said the Parkland shooting impacted her differently than previ- ous incidents because she was able to identify with the victims. “The students in Parkland reminded me of my friends, which made me feel more connected with this than I had ever been, and it made me recognize the essential need for change.” Adam Karp, 15, a sophomore from West Bloomfield, said, “I’m here because of the 17 people who died and the need for mental health awareness. I wanted to do my part in preventing something like Parkland from happen- ing again.” Sabrina Carson, 14, a freshman from Bloomfield Hills, said, “Trump’s solution is to give teachers guns when stricter gun laws are the answer.” AT BERKLEY HIGH SCHOOL It's Hard To Stop A Trane. FURNACE TUNE-UP AND SAFETY CHECK 79 $ Get a Yearly Agreement OR Maintenance for as low as 15 /mo. $ SAVE UP TO 30% ON YOUR ELECTRIC BILLS! t )FBU&YDIBOHF&YBNJOBUJPO t $POUSPMT5FTUFE t .PUPS0JMFE$IFDLFE t 'JMUFS$IFDL t )VNJEJåFS$IFDL t 5IFSNPTUBU$IFDL NEW CUSTOMER SPECIAL 25 OFF $ Any Service Call with Repair 000000 18 March 22 • 2018 jn About 300 students walked out at Berkley High School, according to Cara Lash of Huntington Woods, who organized the walkout with classmate Reginald Hawkins. “We really wanted to honor the lives that have been lost and we wanted to make sure our voices are heard,” Lash said. “I think it’s really powerful seeing the pictures from all the other schools. We’re all coming together and, although we’re young, we’re mak- ing a movement that’s really strong. I’ve never been part of something this big and I think it’s really amazing.” Senior Katie Wolberg of Huntington Woods says the group headed for the school courtyard where there were speeches, student performances and plenty of protest signs. A moment of silence was also held for the Florida school shooting victims. “It was a nice but solemn event,” Wolberg said. “I think moments like this signify change. We have to do this. There’s no other way to get people to listen. People underestimate high school students, but we want the com- munity and politicians to know we’re taking a stand. We want a safer world.” IN PARKLAND, FLA. On a visit to southern Florida that coincided with the walkout, Hy Safran, associate director of philan- thropy for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, visited with the Jewish community there. He walked the makeshift memorials around the perimeter of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Most striking to him were the 17 mounds of dirt shaped like graves, some topped with white Jewish stars, Israeli flags and attached prayers in Hebrew strung to fences flying in the breeze. “The thing about this high school is that with its diverse student body and significant Jewish population, it felt like back home,” Safran said. “It could have been a Bloomfield Hills High School, a Groves or West Bloomfield. I visited here and partici- pated in the walkout with students from a Jewish day school here in Boca Raton. Everyone here is very passionate about the gun issue. Something must be done to stop the presence of guns.” • JN Contributing Writer Robin Schwartz and Bryan Gottlieb, director of marketing and com- munications at Frankel Jewish Academy, added to this story.