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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 7th grade DD goes to a private school where the AA population is very small.  They don't do anything for Black History Month.  The librarian (who is AA) often puts up a display of books written by AA but that's all the school really does.   For the last 3-4 years, I've pushed my daughter to do a small presentation for her class (about 5 minutes long) for which teacher usually gives her extra credit, but she's a straight A student so that's no big deal.

This year I was thinking to just let it go.  It bothers me that the school doesn't do anything, but I know that's really my fault for me choosing to send her there knowing this could be an issue.  I guess I just assumed most schools did something regardless of the school population.  I went to a private school as well (not in this area) that was primarily, AA so we celebrated black history all year but had special programs, plays, speakers during the month of February.

So I was just WONDERING what other schools (public or private) do during the month that don't have a large AA population? Again, I'm just asking.[/quote]

OP, (asking in all honesty and no snark) what is the objective of your post? 
You state you are just "WONDERING", but what will you do with the knowledge you gain? Do you plan to transfer your DD? Bring the data to the school to push for the school to do more during the month? If you find out other school without a large AA pop are similar, will it help you "to just let it go"? Do you want to let it go or try to use the data you gather as an impetus for meaningful change in the culture?[/quote]

The objective of my post was just as it was stated.  I wanted to know if non majority AA schools (public or private) celebrated BHM.  EX:"My kid goes to Janney, they do not celebrate BHM".  Or "My kid goes to Bullis, and they recognize BHM by doing XYZ".  If lots of posters replied that their school didn't do anything, then I would have probably come back and asked "Is it because the school is incorporating Black (AA) history in a significant way already and there is no need?"  Or maybe I would have asked does it bother you as a non-AA parent that your child school doesn't? Or ask, "As a non-AA parent, did you even notice that the school didn't do anything?"  Because I have been out of school for many years, I really was "just wondering" what schools did these days for BHM.  What sparked me posting the question was my very diverse catholic church has a school attached to it.  In the church flyer, they had several listings of all of the things the school was doing for BHM and invited parishioners to attend.

I'm not transferring my DD.  She really likes the school and wants to stay there.  I would love to change the culture of the school and if I had the bandwidth to do so I would definitely try.  I work two jobs to send my DD to this school and I just don't have the time.  I have reluctantly let it go.  But I have decided that my DS (2 year old) will not be attending this school unless the demographics change.  This decision is not just based on the non-BHM celebration.  I'm just really starting to see (albeit very late) the significance of being the only minority in these grade levels.  My DD is an extremely strong, confident, and determined girl, and I think being "the only" has affected her in ways that I did not previously recognize.  [/quote]

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