HVT Diversity Newsletter
Ending The Year With A Bang...December Edition
Dec 3, 2022 Affinity Groups Vend at The Annual HVT Craft Fair
Dec 8, 2022 Silver Eagle Divas Host Senator Nicole Poore
Dec 14, 2022 Black Student Union Winter Kickoff With Guest Speaker Germaine Solomon
Dec 14, 2022 Latinos Unidos Adopts A Family For The Holidays
Dec 15, 2022 District Field Trip to NMAAHC
Dec 16, 2022 DEI Does Dessert
In keeping with the DEI theme of "School Community & Belonging" the Diversity committee came together to honor all of our staff members with some special treats prior to the holiday break. Each committee member was tasked to bake or bring in special treats to share. The initiative was a great success and the feedback was overwhelming.
Student Leads Decorated The DEI Sign
Nothing Nicer Than Treats By A Warm Fire
Staff Enjoying The Goodies
Dec 16, 2022 Poetry Out Loud Competition
1st Place Winner Maiss Hussein
1st & 2nd Place Winners Maiss Hussein & Dorothea Thomas
Maiss Being Congratulated on Her Win
Dec 19, 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Executive Team & Committee Honored at Board Meeting
DEI Executive Members accepted the honor on behalf of the entire DEI Committee. The honor was in recognition of the work done over the summer in preparation for this school year. The honor also acknowledged the amazing Affinity Student Groups that are in operation this school year. Students Loreal Smalls & Maiss Hussein were also honored as the District FAM Executive Board Members representing Hodgson. Smalls also gave her powerful speech that she initially shared at Unity Day earlier this year at Howard High School.
District FAM Executive Leaders 10th Grader Loreal Smalls & 11th Grader Maiss Hussein
Dec 20, 2022 BSU Delivers Cookie Grams
Santa Delivers Cookie Grams
Cookie Grams
Student Leads Sell Cookie Grams At Lunches
Dec 21, 2022 BSU Host Family Feud
Dec 26, 2022 DEI Honors Our Substitutes
The DEI committee wanted to in some way honor the many substitutes who make it possible for teachers to tend to family , medical and personal needs on a daily basis. Affinity student leads with the aid of Mrs. Jackson created the sign to post in the main mall lobby. Every sub that had been in the building the last 2 months names were added to give it a personal touch. Students and staff were also asked to show their gratitude by signing it. Each sub was also given a thank you card signed by each of the student leads and advisors as they came to work during the last week of school.
January Diversity Calendar of Events
January 1 – Emancipation Proclamation: President Lincoln declared all individuals held in slavery free on this day in 1863
January 6 – Feast of the Epiphany: this Christian feast day celebrates the star leading the three wise men to baby Jesus closing the Christmas season
January 7- Mahayana New Year- (Buddhist)
January 15- World Religion Day
January 15 – Makar Sankranti: Hindu festival dedicated to the god of the sun, Surya
January 16 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day: celebrates one of the best-known civil rights activists, MLK Jr.
January 22 – Lunar New Year: this festival marks the start of the new year in the lunar calendar used in East Asia, Southeast Asia and elsewhere
January 24- International Day of Education
January 27 – International Day of Commemoration in Memory of Victims of the Holocaust: a United Nations holiday that remembers the approximately 6 million Jews murdered during World War II
F.A.M Student Spotlight: Silver Eagle Diva Lead, Aubrey Frieze (10th grade) Cosmetology 4.20 GPA
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