Students participate in a post-it activity sharing which rights and responsibilities matter the most to them. Photos by Kristin Ghazarians
January 9, 2026, written by Maya M. from Santa Monica HS:
This week our chapter hosted a tent event to collect input for our prospective Student Bill of Responsibilities and Rights (SBRR). This event was a way to collect information on our school’s human rights temperature and overall opinions about our potential SBRR from 350 classmates.
We advertised the event to Humanities classes and underclassmen to boost recruitment. The tent event was divided into three stations: one station that educated students on human rights, highlighting key human rights achievements throughout history; another tent that introduced students to the SBRR – using Pali’s SBRR as an example – and gathered students’ opinions on which rights and responsibilities matter most to them; and one final station where students took a Human Rights Temperature survey.
We are hoping that the results from this event will push us forward in our goal of successfully establishing an SBRR at Santa Monica High School through collaboration with our student body, other clubs, and our administrators.
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