Posted by: harrison
on Feb 02, 2012
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Greenport High School Announcements
Thursday, February 2, 2012
- Attention Juniors & Seniors! Pizza Kits will be in TODAY and ready for pick up at 2:00 in the Elementary Library. School orders will be delivered, but you must hand out all additional items. See Ms. Douglass with questions or concerns.
- The Varsity Girls' Soccer team will have their yearbook photo taken today at 3:30 pm in the Southold Gym. Transportation will be provided via the sports shuttle bus.
- Seniors - your information packets along with baby and informal pictures are long overdue. Superlatives need to be completed as well. The absolute last day to turn this information in is Friday, February 10th. You will not be in the yearbook if you don't provide us with the necessary information. See Mrs. Kollen, Zoe Vayer or Alexis Reed if you have questions or to turn your information in.
- ARCHY & MEHITABEL is a comedic musical depicting the oddly delightful relationship between an alley cat and her poetic cockroach comrade. The Play Opens: Friday at 7 PM. Encore Performance: Saturday at 7 PM. Tickets are available at the door or in the Main Office in advance. Admission is $10 (students $8)
- Do you have a special talent, do you and a group of friends have a dance routine? Then try out for the Greenport School Talent Show. Try outs are on Monday, February 6th at 3pm in the auditorium.
- GHS Student Council presents a "Beach Bash" dance tonight. Tickets are just $5 if purchased in advance. Get them from Mrs. Richter or Mrs. Edwards in the HS library. They will be $8 at the door. Beat the winter blues in the small gym.
- Attention Juniors & Seniors! Tomorrow from 11:30-1:00 Josten’s Class Ring Representative will be here! If you would like to order a class ring or simply browse, please stop by the H.S. Library during this time.
That’s all the announcements, today is an “A” day!
FFebruary is Black History Month
In 1915, Dr. Carter G. Woodson and Rev. Jesse E. Moorland co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). Their goal was to research and bring awareness to the largely ignored, yet crucial role black people played in American and world history. The following year, Woodson published and distributed his findings in The Journal of Negro History. He founded the publication with the hope that it would dispel popular mistruths. He also hoped to educate black people about their cultural background and instill them with a sense of pride in their race.
The son of former slaves and the second black person to receive a degree from Harvard University, Carter Woodson understood the value of education. He also felt the importance of preserving one's heritage and, upon his urgings, the fraternity Omega Psi Phi created Negro History and Literature Week in 1920. In 1926, Woodson changed the name to Negro History Week. He selected the month of February for the celebration as a way to honor of the birth of two men whose actions drastically altered the future of black Americans. Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation was born on February 12th and Frederick Douglass, one of the nation's leading abolitionists was born on February 14th.
Woodson and the ANSLH provided learning materials to teachers, black history clubs and the community at large. They also published photographs that depicted important figures in black culture, plays that dramatized black history, and reading materials.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson died in 1950, but his legacy continued on as the celebration of Negro History Week was adopted by cities and organizations across the country. This observance proved especially important during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, a time when the inhumane and unequal treatment of black people in America was being challenged and overturned.
The Black Power Movement of the 1970s emphasized racial pride and the significance of collective cultural values. This prompted the ASNLH, now called the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, to change Negro History Week to Black History Week. In 1976, they extended the week to a month-long observance.
Black History Month is now recognized and widely celebrated by the entire nation on both a scholarly and commercial level. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History continues to promote, preserve and research black history and culture year-round.
