Rachel Joy Scott (August , â€" April , ) was an American student and
the first victim of the Columbine High School massacre, in which
other students and a teacher were also murdered by Eric Harris and
Dylan Klebold, who then committed suicide.Scott's belief in
Christianity and the disputed circumstances of her death have led to
her being remembered by groups of evangelical Christians as a
Christian martyr. She was posthumously the subject and co-writer of
several books and the inspiration for Rachel's Challenge, an
international school outreach program and the most popular school
assembly program in the U.S. Its aim is to advocate Scott's values,
based on her life, her journals, and the contents of a two-page essay,
penned a month before her murder, entitled My Ethics; My Codes of
Life. The essay advocates her belief in compassion being "the greatest
form of love humans have to offer".Rachel Joy Scott was born on August
, , in Denver, Colorado. She was the third of five children born to
Darrell Scott and Beth Nimmo. Scott's entire family are devout
Christians. Her father was a pastor at a church in Lakewood, Colorado,
and worked as a sales manager for a Denver-based food company; her
mother was a homemaker. Rachel's parents divorced in ; they maintained
a cordial relationship and held joint custody of the children. The
following year, Beth and her children relocated to Littleton,
Colorado, where she remarried in .
the first victim of the Columbine High School massacre, in which
other students and a teacher were also murdered by Eric Harris and
Dylan Klebold, who then committed suicide.Scott's belief in
Christianity and the disputed circumstances of her death have led to
her being remembered by groups of evangelical Christians as a
Christian martyr. She was posthumously the subject and co-writer of
several books and the inspiration for Rachel's Challenge, an
international school outreach program and the most popular school
assembly program in the U.S. Its aim is to advocate Scott's values,
based on her life, her journals, and the contents of a two-page essay,
penned a month before her murder, entitled My Ethics; My Codes of
Life. The essay advocates her belief in compassion being "the greatest
form of love humans have to offer".Rachel Joy Scott was born on August
, , in Denver, Colorado. She was the third of five children born to
Darrell Scott and Beth Nimmo. Scott's entire family are devout
Christians. Her father was a pastor at a church in Lakewood, Colorado,
and worked as a sales manager for a Denver-based food company; her
mother was a homemaker. Rachel's parents divorced in ; they maintained
a cordial relationship and held joint custody of the children. The
following year, Beth and her children relocated to Littleton,
Colorado, where she remarried in .
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