Starting Off Strong: How Pearce High School SOS Lifeguards are Building a Culture of Belonging

On Unity Day, we celebrate building community through kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. For most students, starting at a new school can feel like a whole new world.

For many in RISD, it’s something lived out every single day. The first days of high school are unfamiliar, a little scary, and have a lot of unknowns.