Hampton Celebrates Black History Month

                                                         By The Hampton Herald Staff

​Hampton Elementary celebrated Black History Month by decorating doors in honor of famous and influential African Americans.
             
              Teachers and students throughout the school chose a person and decorated their doors to celebrate.
 
              Mrs. Hicks’ class (fifth grade) chose Neal DeGrasse Tyson and Beyonce for their door.  One side of the door shows Neal with a space background, and she had her students write down what they want to accomplish when they are older.  Mrs. Franics’ door included lots of different notable African Americans and their accomplishes.  Mrs. Arguello’s class (2nd grade) chose Lonnie Johnson.  Their door was decorated with a bunch of tear drops and listed facts and pictures of him.  Ms. Patek’s class (4th grade) celebrated Bea Gaddy with their door.  They showed pictures and displayed various adjectives to describe Bea Gaddy such as “Bea empathetic” and “Bea an advocate.”
 
              This is the second year that Hampton has celebrated Black History Month by decorating their classroom doors.
 
              “We chose to decorate the classroom doors to bring some brightness to our hallways, and they were a nice way for students to learn about influential people.  It was also a way for teachers to get their students involved in the making of the doors to have conversations about different influential people,” said Ms. Kotrla, a first-grade teacher and Equity liaison at Hampton.
 
 All members of the Hampton faculty were encouraged to participate.
 
              “Our hope was for the school to come together as a community to honor and celebrate the diversity that makes us stronger.  The hope was that students could learn something new and gain an appreciation for Black History Month and all that it has to offer,” said Mrs. Kotrla.
 
              Take some time this week to learn about all of the influential people being celebrated in the classrooms at Hampton.