Today Rosenwald Elementary School celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around King’s birthday, January 15.
The campaign for a federal holiday in King’s honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed three years later. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. For years, some states declined to participate in the holiday, and Arizona lost the opportunity to host a Super Bowl over it. In 2000, South Carolina became the last state to recognize the holiday. Had an assassin’s bullet not taken his life at the age of 39, King would have turned 95 years-old this year.
Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech was given prior to the March on Washington on August 28th, 1963. The march was a peaceful protest against inequality. King began the speech by referencing the Emancipation Proclamation that was issued by President Lincoln to officially free slaves in the United States during the Civil War. King used this reference to point out how African-Americans were, at that time, not yet free from racism, despite the Emancipation Proclamation being signed nearly 100 years prior.
King then described some of the ways the society of that time was segregated and the limitations racism placed on African-Americans. He also listed the “unfulfilled promises” in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution to provide examples of continued racism. King explained how these documents list rights given to U.S. citizens, and profess that men are created equal, yet African-Americans were, at that time, not treated as equals.
Rosenwald Elementary School will be closed on Monday, January 15, 2024, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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The Pointe Coupee Parish School system is actively monitoring the weather conditions for next week's forecast. In the event of possibly unsafe weather that would close schools, we will send out notifications through our PCPSB app, text messaging system, Facebook, local news channels, and local radio stations. We are aware that electricity and phone service might interrupt lines of communication and you may have to rely on different modes to receive our message.
In the event that students are not able to get to the school building, we will need to enact our Continuous Learning Plan.
Students will go home today with lessons designed by the teacher so that students can continue learning without direct supervision from the teacher. If the lesson is virtual, there will be an alternative option for students who cannot complete the assignment due to electrical or Internet issues.
Please continue to monitor all modes of communication throughout the weekend and Mondy's MLK Holiday. We will keep you updated as we gain information and decisions are made regarding school closures due to weather and road closures.
Classes at Rosenwald Elementary School will resume on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. The first day of the 3rd 9 weeks begins on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
Happy New Year! Let this year be a reminder that you have the power to shape your destiny. Your journey is an adventure waiting to be written.
Merry Christmas! “Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” — Margaret Thatcher
Santa Clause is on his way to visit all the boys and girls who attend Rosenwald Elementary School.
The first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere is marked by the winter solstice, which occurs on Thursday, December 21, 2023, at 10:27 P.M. EST. "They who sing through the summer must dance in the winter." - Italian Proverb
Happy Holidays!
We wish our Rosenwald Family a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! May peace, love, and prosperity follow you always. May the magic of the holidays fill your heart with peace and happiness.
Winter Break is Friday, December 22, 2023 - Monday, January 8, 2024.
School Resumes Tuesday, January 09, 2024.
We would love to thank Ms. Jada Joseph for her generous donations of toys for the students in Head Start, Pre-k, and Kindergarten. We appreciate your kind gesture for the third year in a row. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 🤶🏾
The 3rd place winner of Pointe Coupee Electric Christmas Card coloring card contest is Brianna Hawkins. We are proud of her accomplishments. Keep it up, Brianna.
Happy Holidays! Wednesday Dec 20 and Thursday Dec 21 are 11:30 dismissal days at all schools. Students are on Winter Break fDec 22nd- January 8th. All students return to school on January 9th! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Announcement. Early Dismissal, Wednesday, December 20th and Thursday, December 21st. Winter Break starts on Friday, December 22, 2023 (No school). Students return to school Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
A lot was happening at Rosenwald Elementary today. The gym was packed with students, teachers, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, members of the community, and a lot of other people, participating in the 21st Century Christmas Extravaganza. A great big thank you to Ms. Taylor Nelson, 21st Century Site Coordinator, Rosenwald Elementary School, and her team for coordinating the event.
With all the children and adults participating in numerous activities, the wonderful food, families visiting, the sound of children playing and laughing, letters being written and prepared to mail to Santa Clause, one could not help but be reminded of the letter then 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote to the editor at the New York Sun in September 1897.
In September 1897, Francis Pharcellus Church, a former Civil War correspondent and editor at the New York Sun, received a letter from the then 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon.
In her letter, young Virginia wrote:
Dear Editor,
I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in the Sun, it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlon, 115 West Ninety-Fifth Street
Responding to Virginia's letter, Church celebrates the innocence of childhood and the power of faith:
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
Today students received bicycles that were donated by Riding Your Way To Success Outreach. Thank you to Ms. Lisa Rodney and her Organization.
Reminder that we will have Christmas Spirit Week starting Monday!
Don’t forget about our Christmas Extravaganza for 21st Century families! Santa’s helpers are working really hard to make this a memorable event! Lots of crafts, activities, photo opportunities, and food. Stop by our mailbox to write Santa a letter to be mailed in time for Christmas. Let’s have a jolly time!
NEXT week Rosenwald will have it’s best Christmas Spirt Week.
School resumes tomorrow, Monday, November 27, 2023. We will see everyone tomorrow.
Good morning Rosenwald Elementary Family! Today is Thursday, November 23, 2023. Happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful for you -- our students, parents, guardians, families, faculty, and staff. We will see everyone when we return to school on Monday, November 27, 2023.
Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy the Thanksgiving Break. School will resume on Monday, November 27, 2023.
