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Audubon 

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African American Read-In 

February 11th-14th 

9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. 

Blake 

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“Wax museum” of famous 

African Americans and their 

contributions to society. 

February 22 

2-3:30 p.m. in cafeteria 

Open to the public 

Bloom Elementary 

School 

Annual Black History 

Month door contest. The 

topic this year is HBCUs. 

Throughout February. 

Blue Lick 

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Steve Grant Motivational 

Speaker. 

February 27 

Brandeis 

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Brandeis 

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African-American Read In: 

Brandeis is Seeking 

volunteers from our 

community, specifically 

African-American leaders, to 

come in to our schools and 

read to our students! 

African-American Read In: 

John F. Kennedy Montessori 

Elementary School is Seeking 

volunteers from our 

community, specifically 

African-American leaders, to 

come in to our schools and 

read to our students! 

Friday, Feb. 22 

9:15 – 3:15 a.m. 

For more info, please email 

Stephanie Link at 

Stephanie.link@ 

jefferson.kyschools.us. 

Friday, Feb. 27 

9:15 – 3:15 a.m.

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Central High 

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"Stronger Than Hate" 

poetry slam 

February 13. 3 p.m. 

Central High 

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Black History Month 

Celebration 

February 21. 9:30-11:00 

a.m. 

Crums Lane 

Elementary 

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“African American History 

Night 

February, 21 (5:00-7:00 

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Crums Lane 

Elementary 

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“Famous Americans” PAW 

Celebration 

February, 22 (2:30-3:30 

p.m.) 

DuPont Manual 

High School 

If There Is No Struggle, There 

Is No Progress Annual Black 

History Month Celebration. 

There will be liturgical dance, 

song, spoken word, and 

instrumental selections to 

showcase the contributions of 

African-Americans in today’s 

culture. 

February 27. 

DuValle Education 

Center 

African-American Read-In 

(guest readers) 

February 26. 10:30 A.M.- 

3:30 P.M.

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Fairdale 

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K- They are learning about 4-5 AA historical figures and will 

write about them. They will do a bulletin board to display their 

work. 

1st- First is studying historical and present influential AA 

leaders. They are discussing civil rights. They will work with 

parents to make one square for each student, in order to 

create a quilt that will be displayed. 

2nd- This will be a Project Based Learning event. They will 

study various leaders and do a writing project to present 

during class. 

3rd- Literacy study w/ 4 books during reading workshop. 

They will research a famous AA and create a foldable 

bookmark and present the information to their class. 

4th- Researching influential black leaders, learning character 

traits, comparing and contrasting events and leaders. They will 

demonstrate their learning in Google Slides/Backpack. 

5th Will research contributions of AA leaders, select one and 

present during Morning Meeting in the format of their choice. 

Backpack quality work. 

Library- Research famous AA and do a report for 4-5. Study 

myths and legends for K-3. 

Art- AA collage artist Romare Bearden will be studied in order 

to create their own collage. K-5 

ECE FMD- They will study MLK and Rosa Parks. They’ll do 

worksheets and do Brain Pop.

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Goldsmith 

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Goldsmith will use one or more of February 27 

the NEW books from the Racial 

Equity Collection 

(see: https://drive.google.com/drive 

/folders/1R9I7zlAFVdM3TZkULDUE 

dtpWvy0JZgra ) for a book talk, 

book club, or other class activity 

2. Goldsmith will have students 

collaborate on a bulletin board, 

poster board, or online display of 

their learning (Backpack Worthy!) 

3. Goldsmith students will share 

their learning with someone other 

than classmates (ie 5th grade 

travels to listen to kindergarten 

project, etc.) 

Hawthorne 


Musical group from 

Ecuador playing Music to 

students. 

February 12th 

Hawthorne 


Hite Elementary 

School 

Great African-American Read 

Members of The Divine 9 and 

attendees of HBCU’s reading a 

book to every class. Books will 

feature black writers, authors, 

illustrators, and stories. 

Librarian and technology teacher 

are collaborating on a schoolwide 

thematic project across all 

grade levels to celebrate Black 

History Month.

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Iroquois High School 

Iroquois High School 

J. Graham Brown 

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Black Student Union to host 

be a painting/art session with 

an artist of color discussing 

the importance of 

representation and 

celebrating your culture 

through art 

Black History Ceremony 

which they are slotting later 

so that they can make it a 

larger event 

The Read Aloud: During the 

month of February, the Black 

Student Union and Men of Quality 

will be reading books that involve 

diversity to elementary students 

every Tuesday morning before 

school, in the gym. 

Black History Month Program: 

This February, our very own Black 

Student Union and Men of Quality 

are collaborating on the annual 

Black History Month Program. 

Together, the clubs are planning 

an informative and interactive 

program through various activities 

such as poetry, singing, dancing, 

and presenting awards as well as 

a school-wide Kahoot. 

February 7. 2:30 pm in 

Room 210 

March 21 & 22 

February 5, 12, 19, and 26. 

February 28, 2018, at 8:15 

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Jacob Elementary 

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Book Award: The annual book 

awards will be presented to 

students within our very own 

Brown School community. The 

purpose of these awards is to 

acknowledge minority students at 

all grade levels who have 

outstanding qualities inside and 

outside of the classroom. 

Students will be selected by a 

committee of teachers and can 

be nominated by their teachers. 

Recipients of the book awards 

will be announced each Monday 

throughout February. 

African-American Read-Ins 

Older students will buddy up with 

younger students to read a book 

by an African-American author 

and complete a small project 

about the book. 

There will be a door decorating 

contest between all classrooms 

that demonstrate a scene from a 

book by an African-American 

author. Guest readers from the 

community, preferably African- 

American, will then be invited 

into the room to read that book 

aloud to the class. 

A wax museum of famous 

African-Americans will be held at 

the end of February. 

February 4, 11, 18, and 25.

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JB Atkinson 

Academy 

Another round of the Jeopardy 

Game (With Black History Facts) 

February. 11 

JB Atkinson 

Academy 

Evolution of Dance 

February 15 

JB Atkinson 

Academy 

U of L Sorority/Fraternity 

“Stroll” Performance 

February 22 

Jessie R. Carter 

Elementary 

School 

We will have daily 

announcements from students in 

the gym, an essay contest for all 

grade levels from various guiding 

questions, and an African- 

American read aloud series with 

people from the community 

coming in to read. Our committee 

was planning on meeting today 

to finalize the dates and times. I’ll 

have to send them later. 

Johnson 

Traditional Middle 

School 

Black History Month celebration February 25 and February 26 

at 8:37-9:03 

Johnson 

Traditional Middle 

School 

Band and choir students 

performing pieces composed by 

African American artists; as well 

as, the Black National Anthem.

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Kennedy 

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Showcase of Learning: Black 

History Celebration Come, 

relax and enjoy as the students 

of Kennedy Montessori goes 

back in time to celebrate the 

entertainers of Motown. After the 

musical performance parents 

and guests will be able to 

participate in a carousel of 

student learning (work samples 

and projects) that students 

created for the month of 

February. This is a family event 

that you sure don’t want to miss. 

For more information please 

contact Stephanie Bibb @ 

stephanie.bibb@jefferson.kyscho 

ols.us or call 502-485-8280 

February 28. 6:00-7:00 p.m. 

Klondike Lane 

Elementary 

School 

Students will be participating in 

activities specific to the events. 

One class will be working on 

writing their "I had a dream" 

speech. The forum is in-house 

and part of daily instruction. 


Lassiter Middle 

School 

We integrate Black History 

Month readings, research, 

and student presentations in 

our ELA and Social Studies 

curriculum throughout the 

month of February.

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Laukhuf 

Elementary 

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The Laukhuf PTA is 

sponsoring a Louisville 

History Interactive Museum 

from the Louisville Children's 

Museum 

February 13-14. 

Layne Elementary 

School 

Layne Elementary will each have 

daily lessons that will teach our 

students about relevant African- 

Americans that made a 

significant impact in United 

States American History. 

Additionally, the school has 

created an activity similar to the 

popular game of Jeopardy that 

the students will play learning 

about Black History facts both 

(past, and present) from different 

genres of time. Each month the 

Girls Empowerment Group at 

Layne has an educated woman 

of color to speak at their monthly 

gatherings. For the month of 

February the guest speaker will 

be Mrs. Tenesha Blakey 

Marshall. 

List compiled by the office of Diversity, Equity, and Poverty. (A.S. DEP).

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Lincoln 

Performing Arts 

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Celebrations of Music to highlight 

the contributions of Black 

Americans through jazz, blues 

and Motown. . 

March 1 

Class hallway bulleton boards 

show story boards of famous 

African American people 

throughout history and are 

displayed for all students and 

families to enjoy. These tell the 

stories of those who have made 

in a differernce in our world 

through students integrated 

projects. 

Drama and puppet monolouges 

for all students depicting an 

African American person they 

admire. The students "become" 

that person and tell their stories 

to others. 

Lowe Elementary 

School 

Bright Star Theatre BHM 

Assembly 

March 1 

Lowe Elementary 

School 

Nation in Crisis (BHM) 

March 1 


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Luhr Elementary 

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Male High School 

4th grade students are working 

on Informational writing about 

famous African Americans. They 

will be presenting their 

information on the daily news 

telecast. 

"The Many Meanings 

Behind Our Hymns." 

The story of the African 

American journey told entirely 

through music. The program 

objective is to demonstrate 

that African American music 

is not simply a form of 

entertainment, but a strategic 

and calculated vehicle that 

drives the Black Community 

forward. From the battle 

drum of Queen Nzinga of 

Angola in 1580 to Tupac 

Shakur's Makaveli in 1996, 

music has lead black people 

thus far on our way. 

Beginning February 19. 



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Marion C. Moore 

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BSU Book Drive. BSU 

students will go to Smyrna to 

read to students and deliver 

books. 

Each day during the month of 

Feb., BSU will sponsor Black 

History Trivia. Lesser 

known Black History facts will 

be announced over the 

morning announcements, the 

first student in each academy 

to give the correct answer will 

receive a prize. 

BSU and Moore's Racial 

Equity Committee will pay 

tribute to the African 

American staff and faculty at 

Moore who have significance 

in their lives through student 

written response (interviews). 

These essays/interviews will 

be on display for all of Moore 

to see. 

February 26 at 2:45 p.m. 


Week of February 25. 


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Moore's Racial Equity 

Committee will host a Black 

History Round Table 

discussion. Students who 

write a response to "Why do 

we celebrate Black History 

Month?" will be admitted to 

the event in order to actively 

participate in this studentcentered 

discussion. 


Committee will host a "Who's 

Who in Black America" during 

all middle and high school 

lunch shifts. Members of the 

community will be contacted 

to participate. We will have 5- 

10 individuals to participate 

on the dates listed. Dr. Stark, 

Iman Jackson will be 

contacting you about this this 

week. We will need you help. 

I've included her in this email. 


Committee will sponsor a 

Black History Month door 

decorating contest. 

February 21 during 7th 

period. 

February 11, February 18, 

and February 25. 

10:13 a.m.-12:36 p.m. 

Door decorating will take 

place from February 11-14 

and judging will take place 

on the afternoon 

of February 14. 


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Mill Creek 

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Mill Creek 

Elementary 

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Norton Commons 

Elementary 

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Norton Commons 

Elementary 

School 

Mill Creek Leadership 

Academy will continue its 

daily Black History Moment 

during our Morning Meeting 

Mill Creek Leadership 

Academy will celebrate Black 

History Month with a Hall of 

Fame drama presentation 

Share SOME Love: 

Students will celebrate 

Kindness towards one 

another, and our students 

study about significant 

contributors to AA history who 

also believed that we should 

love one another. 

Multicultural Book Day read 

Aloud: administrators will be 

reading books to all classes 

throughout the day, and 

classes will extend the activity 

to other times during the day. 

Daily. 8:50 – 9:05 a.m. 

February 27 at 9:15 a.m. 



Okolona 

Elementary 

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University of Louisville 

Department of Theatre Arts 

performance of “Don’t tell me 

I can’t Fly.” 

February 14 at 9:30 a.m. 


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Portland 


Portland 


Boys to Men is a 

weekly mentoring program for 

our 3rd-5th grade boys- led 

by primarily African American 

male mentors and 

intentionally focused on 

supporting our African 

American male students 

through better representation. 

Sister Friends, a weekly 

mentoring program for our 

3rd to 5th grade girls, led by 

African American females 

and intentionally meant to 

support our African American 

female students. 

February 25 at 9 a.m. 

February 19, 25, 26 

9 am -9:30 am 

Portland 


A group of 4th grade students are 

working with local poet Lance 

Newman AKA "Mr. Spreadlove" to 

learn poetry devices and 

performance. They will research 

chosen African American figures 

from history and write poems about 

how those figures demonstrate 

love. Students will then submit their 

poems online to participate in the 

Kwame Alexander "Love is" prompt 

from NPR by Feb. 14th. Students 

will have a parent performance at 

the end of the program. 


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Semple Elementary 

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Smyrna 

Elementary 

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Boys to Men is a 

weekly mentoring program for 

our 3rd-5th grade boys- led 

by primarily African American 

male mentors and 

intentionally focused on 

supporting our African 

American male students 

through better representation. 

Living Wax Museum. 

Students dress up and 

present over famous African 

Americans or Women who 

have impacted our society. 

Cultural and Equity 

Exhibition 

February 25 at 9 a.m. 

February 26 from 5:30-7:30 

p.m. 

February 28. 2 p.m. 

Not open to the public. 

Each class/grade level with 

make a presentation. 

St. Matthews 


5th graders will begin our unit on 

slavery in the United States and 

the Civil War. During this social 

studies unit, students will study the 

impact of slavery on the United 

States and make connections to 

current racial inequalities today. 

Students will use textbooks, 

primary sources, video clips, 

written reflections and more. 


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Watterson 

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Watterson 

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Celebration of Love and 

Kindness. 

Poster Contest – Students 

research and share 

information about African 

American of choice (celebrity 

or family member); then 

posted around building 

February 28. 

6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. 


W.E.B. DuBois 

Academy 

W.E.B. DuBois 

Academy 

Friday February Facts 

During Brotherhood Time, 

every Friday in February, 

students will be exposed to 

Unsung Heroes that fought 

for equality for African 

Americans. 

Understanding the purpose 

of African Americans 

In guidance classes, students 

will be introduced to the term 

African American and 

understand how African 

Americans are connected to 

Africa. Discussion and 

guidance around the internal 

conflict of skin complexion will 

be addressed in these 

sessions. 

Every Friday in February 

Ongoing on Thursdays 

during guidance in 

February 


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W.E.B. DuBois 

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W.E.B. DuBois 

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Who is on our wall? 

In Social Studies class, 

students will be responsible 

for researching the individuals 

that line the DuBois hallways. 

Students will determine their 

significance and create QR 

codes so visitors can instantly 

learn information regarding 

these current and historical 

figures. As an extension, 

Students will also determine if 

others should be added to the 

wall and provide evidence as 

to why they would be a good 

fit. 

African American 

Engineers and Verizon 

Engineering Week 

As a Verizon Innovative 

Learning School, we will 

participate in Verizon 

Engineering Week. In 

addition to the VILs videos, 

students in STEM class will 

also learn about African 

American Engineers who 

made a contribution to our 

society. 

Ongoing the month of 

February 

Week of February 18 in 

STEM classes 


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Wilt Elementary 

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Wilt Elementary 

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Administrative Team will 

alternate every morning and 

read to all students from 

selected library books 

highlighting historical African 

American figures 

Third Grade has posted 

several African Americans in 

the hallways with descriptions 

of significance and 

contributions. 

8:40 a.m.-9 a.m. M-F

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