This month we celebrate Black History Month. Black History is so much more than black athletes and entertainers. While they played a huge role in African American History, it does a dishonor to only feature the likes of Oprah or Michael Jordan.
Take some time this month (and every other month for that matter) to reflect on the impact that other historical figures had as well. We will continue to discuss African American history in our class throughout the year.
We should also remember that many “unknown” people had an impact on the Civil Rights movement. Those people are still alive and living in our communities.
I can recall several adults from my community that had an impact on making me who I am today. They were from diverse backgrounds. They were heroes to me and should also be celebrated.

This article may be interesting to you, especially if your family eats out frequently. This Thursday, if you eat at certain Port Washington restaurants a portion of the bill will go to the PWEF. The PWEF does so much to help our schools.

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.”–Thomas Paine’s The American Crisis
We will be talking about the Crisis in class today. That line in the Crisis is very powerful and very true. The more we work at something the more special the accomplishment feels. It was very important for Washington to convince his soldiers of that. He used Paine’s words to inspire them.

Alphabet Game
The Alphabet Game that we played in Core Extension during the 2nd quarter has become pretty popular. In fact, even Mrs. Convey used it a couple times in her Core Extension.
Click here for another set of initials. Let’s see how many famous people we can come up with that have these initials.
Go!

Remember, there is Extra Help tomorrow and Wednesday. The test is Wednesday.
I’m looking forward to seeing your political cartoons.

I inadvertently wrote 12/11/11 on the board today. Wishful thinking I suppose.

There were 32 students in Extra Help today. I guess we can call that a sellout crowd. They were treated to not one, but three dated references about the 1960s.
Here is Nipsey Russell. He is best known (to me at least) for being on The Match Game. I only saw reruns of the show on The Game Show Network.

It is rather note worthy to mention that it was on this day in 1955 that Rosa Parks was arrested after not giving up her seat on a Montgomery Bus to a white person. It was this event that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and put Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the map.

Tomorrow’s class can be considered a tradition: The 9th Annual Turkey Bowl.
Unfortunately Turkey Bowl IX could not take place before Thanksgiving. But I guess it is better late than never. The Turkey Bowl is a class tradition. Other than one year when it was held in Core Extension, it has been an opportunity to review for the final, get some extra credit and have a good time. More information tomorrow.