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All the love to our RMHS #2020Graduates stay tuned for a special tribute to this year's RMHS METCO grads. Quite a journey, and one deserving of recognition.

Be safe, thoughtful, and aware.

As luck would have it, the school musical has provided a most epic backdrop for our Romeo and Juliet scene work.

RMHS girls played hard...great season ended tonight in Cambridge #rmhspride

So happy to meet with the Reading Embraces Diversity and of course our awesome METCO Director-Grant Hightower @METCO_Reading

Next week, many schools will observe #ReadAcrossAmerica Week by celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday and books. We hope educators will first critically reflect about his use of racial stereotypes and how this may change their approach. tolerance.org/magazine/its-t…

Bobby Rush, American politician, activist, pastor, and the U.S. Representative for Illinois. As a civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers. He is responsible for USA's anti-lynching bill passed 2/26/2020.

"Engaging with the histories we too often fail to name helps us better understand the contemporary landscape of inequality." @ClintSmithIII tolerance.org/magazine/sprin…

@MathIsNotScary @METCOIncHq @ReadingSchools Sent this out to families today! Thank you!!

youtube.com/watch?v=Y9a49o… The Patron Saint of rock music is Sister Rosetta Tharpe. A queer Black woman from Arkansas brought gospel music to mainstream popularity when she performed. Blending the sounds of her childhood with jazz, blues, inventing a genre all of her own.

"Teachers’ work lives will not improve until educators enter the fight for equity," argues education professor and author @BLoveSoulPower. edweek.org/ew/articles/20…

#wsparker assembly with @mykeefowlin today! You are not alone! You are beautiful! Come see Mykee tonight at RMHS, 6:30pm!

Edward Bouchet rose to academic heights unimaginable for his era. Edward gained admission to Yale and became the first Black man to receive a Ph.D. in United States history. He was only the sixth American of any race to earn a Ph.D. in physics. biography.com/scientist/edwa…

Octavia Butler's novels are noteworthy for their unique synthesis of science fiction, mysticism, mythology, and African American spiritualism. Butler was the first science fiction writer to be awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and a PEN Award for lifetime achievement.

BHM Fact 2/6/20: Before he was a renowned artist, Romare Bearden was also a talented baseball player. He was recruited by the Philadelphia Athletics on the pretext that he would agree to pass as white. He turned down the offer, instead choosing to work on his art.

BHM Fact: 2/5/20: Opera singer Marian Anderson is most known for her brave and stirring performance from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial... nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/her-… youtube.com/watch?v=mAONYT…

wpcr-boston.org Reading Residents!! Check out "White People Challenging Racism" during the month of March. Click the link above for all the info. Great workshops in your backyard!

BHM 2/4/20:The 6888th was the first and only all Black Female Women Army Corps (WAC) unit to be deployed overseas during WWII. The unit was active from 1945 to 1946 and consisted of 855 women under the Command of Major Charity Adams. Their nickname was “Six-Triple Eight".

BHM Fact 2/3/20: Mrs. Geraldine McCullough achieved national and international recognition in the art community with her steel and copper sculpture "Phoenix," which received the George D. Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture in 1964.

As you scroll, please allow yourself a moment to reflect on your relationships. Your life's journey to this point. If things are left undone, reach out and make them whole. Hold your loved ones and celebrate your existence. We only have today. #MambaMentalityForever