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Dalton Hero Con: Everyone Can Be A Hero!

Dalton's very first Hero Con: Everyone Can Be A Hero was a rousing success.  On Saturday, May 5, about 400 students, families, faculty, and friends from Dalton and other schools (including P.S. 24, Allen Stevenson, and Trevor Day) attended the fun-filled and purposeful event. The afternoon kicked off with a keynote discussion by six comic book creators who addressed the topic of representation in comics and media. Then attendees had the opportunity to attend specific workshops from how to draw Manga characters, storyboarding your comic story creations, and how to play selected board games, and sampling VR clips, to a panel conversation about characters with disabilities in comics.
There was more excitement on the 3rd floor where student activist clubs showcased their causes -- from rescuing leftover foods for the homeless (BLTeam) to building the confidence on one's own identity by making hero masks with the MS Spectrum club.  Dalton artists (students, parents, faculty, and staff were all represented) also had a chance to demonstrate their talents and raised money for Scholars in Our Society and Africa to ship library books to Ghana. The Harry Potter room also had many activities, including a Horcrux scavenger hunt, and was a definite crowd favorite. The afternoon ended with author signings, a raffle drawing, and a fun CosPlay Contest with three deserving winners, each from a different Dalton division.  Thank you to all who attended and for being Heroes every day!

Mark your calendar for Hero Con 2019 -- Saturday, May 4, 2019. To see the entire line up of the events, please visit http://www.dalton.org/herocon
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