Pensacola, FL
Welcome to our Unplugged Village®
Since 2009, hundreds of thousands of Global (formerly National) Day of Unplugging participants have joined the movement to elevate human connection over digital engagement in their cities across the globe.
The entire Escambia Public School District has been given the challenge to Unplug for GDU 2025 by Superintendent Keith Leonard. There are many schools in the district and we are highlighting a couple here. West Florida High held screen free activities for the day.
At Escambia High School Xandria and Payten, two Student Advisory Council members, identified technology as a problem and accepted Superintendent Keith Leonard’s challenge to get involved with GDU. Together they have created a full day of activities for their school. Students will get a lanyard in the morning and acquire stars during each period where they keep their phones stashed. At the end of the day, those with a full lanyard get a prize. At lunch time there will be several activities including Bingo, Origami, recycled art and a spin the wheel game, where you can guess a historical fact about Escambia. Get it right and you get to dunk a teacher in a dunk bath. We can’t wait to hear how the fun day goes. Check out the video below of the girls!
If you live in the area and would like to have unplugged programming in your neighborhood, consider joining us, as we all have a stake in building a healthy community!
