A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change.
So let's all choose to challenge. How will you help forge a gender equal world? Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality. #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021
Just a friendly reminder that we are still providing meal delivery service to remote students in the District during hybrid learning! To sign up, use the following link: https://forms.gle/D3WfCB5yH1B77rDt8
For meal pickup, sign up here: https://forms.gle/EU4cZeeREm82BjaaA
A great team... #MondayMotivation
Please join us in recognizing Mr. Scott Nevers as Knox Trail Middle School’s “Faculty of the Month” for March 2021! Scott lends a helping hand to all; pays attention to details; and communicates well with students all the time! Thank you for all you do, Scott! #KnoxTrailRocks
Thank you to all members of the Spencer Emergency Management Agency for responding so quickly in opening up the emergency shelter this morning at Knox Trail Middle School. Your quick actions and care for the people affected by last evening’s power outages is appreciated.
Important Food Services Notice: Remote meal pick-up and delivery scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed until Thursday, 3/4.
No School Announcement! Due to extreme weather and damage to power lines, the Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School District will be closed today, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. As well, all of our administrative offices will be closed. We are taking this action due to a number of power outages and in the interest of public safety. Please stay home, off the roads, and remain safe. Thank you.
Dear Students & Families:
Just a reminder, the "Read-A-Thon" starts today and will run for 2 weeks. If you have not already done so, please create your read-a-thon page and log their reading hours. As of this morning, East Brookfield Elementary has $3000+ raised!! #EBERocks
Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history & contemporary society. It is celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom, & Australia, corresponding with International Women's Day on March 8!
Time to fly... #MondayMotivation
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim. #BlackHistoryMonth
Mae Jemison wasn’t just the first African American woman who orbited into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour. She's also a physician, teacher, a Peace Corps volunteer, and president of tech company, the Jemison Group. She continues to work towards the advancement of young women of color getting more involved in technology, engineering, and math careers. #BlackHistoryMonth
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was the first Black general in the American military. He served for 50 years as a temporary first lieutenant at an all-Black unit during the Spanish American War. Throughout his service, Davis Sr. was as a professor of military science at Tuskegee and Wilberforce University, a commander of the 369th Regiment, New York National Guard, and special assistant to the Secretary of the Army. When he retired in 1948, President Harry Truman oversaw the public ceremony. Davis Sr. is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. #BlackHistoryMonth
Ethel Waters first entered the entertainment business in the 1920s as a blues singer, but she made history for her work in television. She was the first African American to star in her own TV show in 1939,and was nominated for her first Emmy in 1962. #BlackHistoryMonrh
Ashley Chevrette is East Brookfield Elementary's “Employee of the Month”
for the February 2021! Ashley has been the Cafeteria Mgr at our school for three years. During COVID, she has been essential & worked to make sure all families in our communities were able to receive meals.
Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America. #BlackHistoryMonth
Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist". Some of her earliest achievements as a mathematician were highlighted in the 2016 film, Hidden Figures. #BlackHistoryMonth
Thank you to our students who volunteered their time over February Break to deliver meals to others last week! Pictured are students on Penny’s bus. #ThankYou #ChooseSEBRSD @MASchoolsK12 @MASCSchoolComm
“It is easier to build strong children than repair broken men.” - Frederick Douglass #MondayMotivation #BlackHistoryMonth
