The Black History Month Parent Empowerment Dinner was held on February 13th at Main Avenue Elementary School and was coordinated by the Robla School District Coordinated in partnership with the Roberts Family Development Center.
Families and participants experienced a festive environment with a live performance by the Harley White, Jr. Orchestra, student artwork, and a hosted dinner prepared by Robla Nutrition Services.
Our special guest, Chet Hewitt, CEO, Sierra Health Foundation, spoke about the importance of teaching Black History in Schools.
The First Annual Ruby Bridges Award was presented to two students from each of Robla’s schools who were nominated by their teachers and were selected by their principals. Each student exemplifies the qualities in life of Ruby Bridges: courage, studious, resilience, optimism, kindness, and leadership. Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960. She is the subject of a 1964 painting, "The Problem We All Live With”, by Norman Rockwell. The following students received a Ruby Bridges Award medallion recognition certificate:
Thank you for celebrating Black History Month will all of us!