Walsh Middle To Participate in No Name Calling Week

Walsh Middle School will participate on No Name Calling Week.

The is is the 12th year of No Name Calling Week.

National No Name Calling Week - January 18-22 - is about celebrating kindness and respecting others.

Walsh Middle School’s Gay Straight Alliance has been organizing and planning event for the week, said Principal Patrick Johnson.

Tuesday, today, is tie-day. Students are asked to wear a tie to school to represent that they “are all tied together.” There are events also planned for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at the Framingham middle school.

No Name-Calling Week was inspired by the popular young adult novel entitled The Misfits by popular author James Howe.

The book tells the story of four best friends trying to survive the seventh grade in the face of all too frequent taunts based on their weight, height, intelligence, and sexual orientation/gender expression.

The friends create a new political party during student council elections and run on a platform aimed at wiping out name-calling of all kinds.

The No-Name Party in the end, wins the support of the school’s principal for their cause and their idea for a “No Name-Calling Day” at school.