Middle school students in Eugene, Oregon, were encouraged to take part in activities celebrating Pride Month this week.
The Arts & Technology Academy, which is part of Eugene School District 4J, organized a week-long event called “Pride Spirit Week.”
The school encouraged students to participate by dressing according to different daily themes related to the LGBT community.
Fox News obtained a memo outlining the planned activities for the week.
One day asked students to wear rainbow colors to show support for LGBT pride.
Another day involved wearing black clothing to remember LGBT community members who have died.
Wednesday was designated as “Drag Day,” during which students were told to either dress as a drag queen, drag king, monarch, or dress as a different gender.
Thursday was called “Queer Hero Day,” highlighting influential figures within the queer community.
The final day of the week, Friday, was “Pride Flag Friday,” encouraging students to display pride flags.
A parent interviewed by Fox News said the school sent a notice about the week’s events late Monday.
However, the parent expressed concern that parents were not notified before the activities started, which caused frustration.
A school spokesperson later told Fox that parents should have been