Gwangju Ildong Middle School, 8th Anniversary Memorial Event for Sewol Ferry Victims

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Gwangju Ildong Middle School will hold a memorial event for the 8th anniversary of the Sewol Ferry victims from the 13th to the 20th.

According to Ildong Middle School on the 14th, this event is a meaningful one planned and organized by the student council based on opinions gathered from class meetings.

The event will be held under the theme "Unchanging Promise, Promise That Will Not Change." Through various activities such as ▲Yellow Umbrella Campaign on the way to school ▲Tying yellow ribbons ▲Making Sewol Ferry keychains ▲Attaching Sewol Ferry memorial stickers on masks ▲Memorial ceremony, the students' hearts are expressed.

In particular, through the 'Sewol Ferry Comes to School' project led by the Office of Education, a memorial event centered on the student council will be held, and videos will be broadcasted to each classroom to provide time to remember the Sewol Ferry disaster once again.

Kim Dong-hyuk, the student council president who organized the memorial event, said, "It is regrettable that the Sewol Ferry incident seems to be forgotten while the truth has not been properly revealed," and added, "All of us at Ildong Middle School sincerely pray that the souls of our seniors who could not even realize their dreams and withered away will fly freely, and we will not forget and will remember them."

Principal Kim Yong-joo stated, "Through this 8th anniversary memorial event for the Sewol Ferry victims, sincerely conducted under the student council's leadership, we could once again feel our students' hearts not to forget the sacrificed students," and added, "We will also take this event as an opportunity to create a safe school and strive together to make a safe school for everyone."