More than 20,000 Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) students participated in the Above the Influence Rally on Thursday, March 18. Students who registered were able to participate in this year’s online socially distanced event from their homes and classrooms. The annual rally celebrated students’ for making positive decisions and resisting negative influences that could lead them down the wrong path. The morning event was hosted and live streamed from Hollywood Hills High School.  

Moving to a new city, leaving everything and everybody we are familiar with, coming to a place we know nothing about, etc., easily becomes too much to handle. When situations like this occur, friends are the only ones who can help us. But, what if we do not have any friends yet? What if we feel like the new kid on the playground? Do not worry; no matter how old you are, it is perfectly normal to feel nervous and anxious about meeting new people.