Last Friday, Nov. 3, leadership took efforts to honor the victims of the Pittsburgh and Kentucky shootings.

The activities to support victims was suggested by a student participating in the middle college program who commented on a snapchat promotion for Halloween events, Senior Class President Valerie Hu said.

“…it just felt super weird that we were promoting Halloween activities and fun games [during the week] when there are much more serious issues…,” Hu said.

Throughout the day, a poster with the names of victims from both attacks was left in the quad for students to sign, and cards were available for messages.

“There were letters because a [local] Jewish youth group planned to have letters sent to the synagogue were the Pittsburgh shooting happened,” Hu said, “I’m going to give [the letters] to the youth group and they’re going to send [them to] the synagogue.”

Students were also able to wear blue and purple ribbons to show their support.

Additionally, on the morning announcements, senior Dan Cohen made a statement concerning the recent anti-semitic events.

In the statement, Cohen detailed his personal experiences moving from Israel to America. He expected the worse but found the Bay Area to be a welcoming and accepting of his Jewish identity.

In his conclusion, Cohen said he applauded HHS for being the “… living embodiment that prayers may be answered.”