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Palmerton school holds Unity Day

No one likes a bully.

In an attempt to take a stand against bullying, students and faculty from the Carbon Learning Achievement School in Palmerton recently celebrated Unity Day.A bullying prevention activity, the event was sponsored by Pacer.org. Pacer is the National Bullying Prevention Center.Also known as "Wear Orange Day," the event saw CLAS students and faculty dressed in their orange garb.To celebrate the event, students and faculty made tie-dye T-shirts.Additionally, students decorated classroom doors with an anti-bullying theme, painted their nails and chatted about bullying, did pumpkin carving, held an orange food party, used silly string on staff members, and participated in a scavenger hunt.School social worker Amy Snyder said everyone went all out to make the event a success."It was a team effort, with students and staff working equally," Snyder said. "A lot of the kids here have either been bullied or bullied others in the past."The CLAS is run by the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21.

TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS It's a messy day outside the Carbon Learning Achievement School in Palmerton as students spray staff members with silly string as part of activities in conjunction with Unity Day.