Anti-Semitic Imagery Found In Yearbooks At Seekonk Middle School

SEEKONK, MA — After anti-Semitic drawings and slurs were found in multiple middle school student's yearbooks, school officials and Seekonk police are getting involved.

The eighth-grade students at Hurley Middle School in Seekonk “drew anti-Semitic imagery, a racist slur, and inappropriate drawings of a sexual nature, in multiple yearbooks during the school’s annual yearbook signing event,” district Superintendent Rich Drolet wrote in a letter to parents Tuesday, WPRI reported.

Nearly two dozen yearbooks were confiscated and handed over to the police while Drolet expressed his sincere disappointment.

“It is our goal to create an inclusive and accepting community of schools in Seekonk, and this type of behavior goes against our core values.” Drolet wrote in the letter.

“Symbols, images, and words matter,” Drolet wrote. “We strongly encourage families to discuss this issue with their children and to talk about the impact of hateful words and symbols.”

Drolet urges parents, students and faculty to contact Principal Alexis Bouchard at boucharda@seekonkschools.org if they have any information.