ROCK YOUR SOCKS DAY

Last SCHOOL Spirit Day of March…. THIS Thursday, March 31^st we will show our Southgate spirit by wearing our brightest and loudest odd socks… on ROCK your SocKS Day!!

This was inspired by March 21^st being National Down Syndrome Day… and the idea of ROCK YOUR SOCKS for DS. We missed it at Southgate due to Spring Break but wanted to honour it in true Southgate spirit!!!!

They look like socks, right? This is where the idea of Rock your Socks for World Down Syndrome Day was born from! These are chromosomes.
The one circled is chromosome 21 - note the three copies of the chromosome. This is Trisomy 21 also known as Down syndrome. Usually, people have just two copies of Chromosome 21. People with Down syndrome have 3 copies.

And why is WDSD held on March 21st? 21:3 (chromosome 21, 3 copies = 21st day of 3rd month of the year)!!!