In honor of Black History Month, 6th grade 2D art students are learning to draw self portraits in the style of New York artist, Kenhinde Wiley. #3RsBIS
Congratulations to our Jr. Seahawks who placed in the Elks Lodge Americanism 🇺🇸💙🤍Essay Contest...Renna 3rd, Hayla 2nd, Aylin 1st. #3RsBIS
Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL, commonly known as UNIA).
Help increase school attendance by developing the skill of time management. You can help both younger and older students by trying the tips below! #schooleveryday
Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to vacate a row of four seats in the "colored" section in favor of a white passenger, once the "white" section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation, but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) believed that she was the best candidate for seeing through a court challenge after her arrest for civil disobedience. Parks helped inspire the Black community to boycott the Montgomery buses for over a year. The case became bogged down in the state courts, but the federal Montgomery bus lawsuit Browder v. Gayle resulted in a November 1956 decision that bus segregation is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
No school today due to President's Day! We will see you tomorrow!
Ola Joseph is a Nigerian-born speaker, author, trainer, and consultant. He delivers over 50 speeches a year to audiences numbering from 100 to 2500. He inspires his audiences in the areas of Communication, Personal Growth, Self-Improvement, and Empowerment. Born on an island village of less than 600 inhabitants, Ola arrived in the United States a few years ago with less than $100 in his pocket believing that the most important ingredient to success is courage. Ola is a United States Navy veteran.
Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman rescued approximately 70 enslaved people on 13 different mission, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage.
It’s Term 2 Reward and Huruma Spirit Day. We are celebrating our Jr. Seahawks being kind and demonstrating the 3Rs. We see lots of blue for the Huruma House. We also have Jr. Seahawks who used House points to purchase Game Day! #6Houses1School #3RsBIS
President Barack Obama is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president. President Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008, an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004, a civil rights lawyer and university lecturer, and the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review. As U.S. President, Obama addressed the global financial crisis, legislation to reform health care, a major financial regulation reform bill, the end of a major U.S. military presence in Iraq, and climate change.
Zac is helping us celebrate Deputy Johnson today on School Resource Deputy Appreciation Day. We are grateful he can support us while Deputy Toppin is away at training. #3RsBIS
We are extremely proud of our Jr. Seahawk Nathan, who testified yesterday in the MD State Senate. Nathan was part of a panel advocating for himself and other amputees for Senate Bill 614. Today, he will do the same in the House. Way to go Nathan for speaking loud and proud! #3RsBIS
February 15th is National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day! On this day, schools across the country celebrate the contributions of their school resource officers. We are so grateful for Deputy Toppin! #BelieveImagineSucceed
Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. With the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou publicly discussed aspects of her personal life. She was respected as a spokesperson for Black people and women, and her works have been considered a defense of Black culture.
Franny visited our 6th graders to celebrate the end of the year of the Rabbit for Lunar New Year 2023!! #3RsBIS
Wednesday, February 14th is an early dismissal day at BIS. We will dismiss today at 11:15 am.
Michael Jordan is an American former professional basketball player and businessman. Widely considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time, Jordan played fifteen seasons in the NBA and won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. He was integral in popularizing the sport of basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a global cultural icon and considered by some to be the first modern African-American superstar athlete.
Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first Black woman to win such a case against a White man.
Happy Lunar New Year: the year of the Dragon 2024 from our 6th grade Jr. Seahawks! One of many activities today was to write their names using Chinese Characters and calligraphy. #3RsBIS
Heads up! This coming Wednesday will be an Early Dismissal Day! BIS will dismiss at 11:15 a.m.
