Full-Year Distance Learning (FYDL)
Special Edition!
2021 Black History Celebration!
You’re Invited to Celebrate Black History with Your PAUSD Elementary Friends and PTAs!
Join the Full Year Distance Learning as we team up with the other PAUSD Elementary PTAs to celebrate Black History! There are three ways for you to join in the learning and fun as we honor and explore ways that Black leaders have improved our lives and made the world a better place.Black History Celebration Newsletters
Each newsletter highlights at least five Black Leaders, two Black History moments, and four Black History learning opportunities for our elementary PTA students and families. During our 2/26 Family Fun Night, some of the concepts our Bingo and Kahoot games will cover will be based on our Newsletter content.
Newsletter 1: https://conta.cc/3bfL4sm
Newsletter 2: https://conta.cc/3ucW5TG
Newsletter 3: https://conta.cc/3aIF7F0
Black History Celebration Bedtime Story Night on Wednesday, 2/24 at 6:30pm
We’re delighted to host children’s author Patrice McLaurin for a district-wide elementary
school-focused virtual author evening visit. Patrice will read from her wonderful picture book
“Have You Thanked an Inventor Today?” At the end of the presentation, there will be a 12-book giveaway with a signed book going to a student participant from each of the 12 PAUSD elementary schools. Books can be purchased before or after the event for a special PAUSD discount as well. Patrice McLaurin’s presentation will take place on Wednesday, February 24th, from 6:30pm - 7:30pm for all elementary school students in PAUSD.
Event Details: https://www.smore.com/z7w82
Zoom link for this event: https://pausd.zoom.us/j/91455422038
Black History Celebration Family Fun Night on Friday, 2/26 at 6:30pm
Join us for a high-energy, district-wide, professionally led celebratory online event where our elementary students will keep the learning and fun going beyond the Black History
Celebration Newsletters and Bedtime Story Night with Black History-focused Bingo, Kahoot, and more with prizes!
Check out this welcome video from our Event Emcee DJ Will Gill (NFL Super Bowl, The Voice, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and recently ranked as the best virtual DJ by the Wall Street Journal) and make song requests here.
All PAUSD Elementary School families are welcome to join us on Friday, February 26th, from 6:30 - 7:30pm. You don’t want to miss this!
Want to participate in Bingo during our Family Fun Night? Please pick up a Bingo Card (one card per student please) on the bench on the front porch of 3138 Flowers Lane in Palo Alto after 10AM on Wed, 2/24.
Zoom link for this event: https://zoom.us/j/98794822028?pwd=N0ZndkRxUUpQT24wWWVHZklpelVTZz09
Meeting ID: 987 9482 2028
Passcode: BHC2021
Sign Up for Ruby Bridges Walk 'n' Roll Month
More than 60 years ago, Ruby Bridges' mother courageously supported her six year old
daughter in becoming the first Black student to walk to an all-white school. Sign up for Ruby
Bridges Walk 'n' Roll Month and learn about how supporting transportation equity can reduce
those impacts of traffic congestion, transportation-related injury and chronic disease, air
pollution exposure and access to jobs, health care and education that disproportionately affect
people in historically under-represented communities.
The 21-DAY RACIAL EQUITY HABIT-BUILDING CHALLENGE
This is a powerful opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of how inequity and racism
affect our lives, our community and our student's education. For 21 days during Black History
Month, Palo Alto students, parents, staff and the community at large are encouraged to do
one action each day beginning on February 1. The #PAEquityChallenge will provide online
daily activities (brief readings, videos, etc.) that can be done in 15 minutes or less. Each daily
topic will provide an opportunity to deepen our connections and further our understanding of
power, privilege, oppression, and equity. Please sign up and encourage others to do so as