Danny Kaye Elementary School

P.S. 149's Gem Girls

PS. 149 GEM Girls have been doing some fantastic work this month. We participated in our second District 19 convening. We have also come up with our Action project idea for the year. Our GEM girls came up with many different ideas on how to help and support their community through an Action project. After we voted, we decided that we would be working as a team to “Raise awareness for those in need” We can’t wait to get started and share all that we are doing in our school's community this year. We hope you had wonderful Holiday season from PS 149 GEM Girls.

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

Much has been written about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1963 March on Washington. But there's little on his legendary speech and how he came to write it.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was once asked if the hardest part of preaching was knowing where to begin. No, he said. The hardest part is knowing where to end. "It's terrible to be circling up there without a place to land."

Finding this place to land was what Martin Luther King, Jr. struggled with, alongside advisors and fellow speech writers, in the Willard Hotel the night before the March on Washington, where he gave his historic "I Have a Dream" speech. But those famous words were never intended to be heard on that day, not even written down for that day, not even once.

Encanto (now streaming on Disney Plus)

The Madrigals are an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift -- every child except Mirabel. However, she soon may be the Madrigals last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is now in danger.