Tami, Hart and I had a great visit today at Reagan HS during their single lunch hour. About 20 students completed the t-shirt challenge, and we appreciated students' responses to the questions on our challenge list. Since Reagan HS is one of the Austin schools that may be able to change its name (Reagan was named for a Confederate Post Master General), we wondered what alternative names students might want to give their school, so we asked that in our poster question. Several students suggested names that were acronyms for something. Several also said they'd been studying the early US freedom movements, such as the abolition and suffrage movements, so their suggestions were based on those. Several also suggested their own names as possibilities.
Penny Poll results showed the highest percentage for the Education category (30% of the penny vote), followed by Health Care (25% of the vote), Environment (20%), Military (15%) and Humanitarian Aid (10%).
Our new t-shirt designs were popular, and we hope students will wear them with pride!
We include Malala Yousafzai on our Peace Wheel of Fortune, and several students told us that there was a new mural of Malala on their campus -- which we saw as we were taking literature to the career room. What a beautiful mural! We also hope that students will see the new documentary film about Malala, "He Named Me Malala," a beautiful and insightful film.
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| New Malala mural in courtyard at Reagan HS, made by art students |
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| Dedication of the mural to Malala |
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| student mural artists |
Thanks to Raiders students and staff for welcoming us to their campus today!
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