{"id":13992,"date":"2022-02-01T11:45:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5badbfa87a.nxcli.io\/banaadir\/?p=13992"},"modified":"2022-02-01T11:45:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:45:16","slug":"celebrating-black-history-month-past-present-and-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/banaadir\/celebrating-black-history-month-past-present-and-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Black History Month: Past, Present and Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>Black History month is a special time when as a District and a community we come together and celebrate the remarkable accomplishments and honor the struggle of African Americans throughout history\u2014and importantly\u2014in our present and future.  <\/p>\n<p>At MTCS we celebrate the lives and achievements of people of color all the time and in every month, but February is our chance to dig deeply into the rich heritage that has shaped our culture, our school and our lives.  As the Wallstreet journal described it &#8220;a time when the culture and contributions of African Americans take center stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is also a time when we create opportunities for our students to share their gifts and talents\u2014we know well that many of our students are people who will shape our world in important ways and we can get a glimpse of their many gifts right now.<\/p>\n<p>Each MTCS school will arrange its own unique celebrations, many of which will be shared on the school websites.  Some of the celebrations will be events where families can come and share in the talents and gifts of our students.  <\/p>\n<p>Throughout the month,  MTCS student will explore the many ways African Americans have enriched our lives in the past, and explore ways to make a mark on today and the future.   <\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-liftup-border-radius:0px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"awb-image-frame awb-image-frame-1 imageframe-liftup\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/Black-History-Month-.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[5a3cf00af2d982e0c1d]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black History Month\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/Black-History-Month-.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banaadir-academy","category-banaadir-elementary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Celebrating Black History Month: Past, Present and Future &#060; 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