Statement Written for the Board of Trustees - PBL

Dear Board of Trustees,

The year 10s are currently doing Project -Based Learning and the driving inquiry question is ”How can we improve or enrich the lives of others?”

Iris, Gemma and I from 10Ai have decided to base our project on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights.

We are requesting that Hornby High School remove gender labels from uniforms. For example instead of having the “Boys and Girls” heading above images of the uniform, it would be replaced by “Uniform”.

We are doing this because we want Hornby High School students to feel comfortable in what they wear and allow them to feel safe at school. We feel this action will support any student who maybe struggling with their gender, and we hope by simply taking away gender titles it will allow more acceptance of the LGBT community.

We hope this statement will move the board to consider this change for Hornby High School.

Yours sincerely

Lavisha Tatu

Iris Taramai

Gemma Van Dorp