GENEVA, Ill. (WLS) -- There was a national call for students to take action against school violence, and some students in the Chicago area answered the call Friday, including students at Geneva High School.

It was the seventh hour at Geneva High School. Instead of being in classes or lunch, some walked out to call attention to gun violence at schools.

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Just last week, two children were killed and more than a dozen hurt in a shooting at a church, while Catholic school students were attending Mass in Minneapolis .

"We need to bring attention to this. People need to be constantly talking about this; it's absurd the level of gun violence happens in schools," Geneva High School junior Rex Pomaro said.

The students carried signs and

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