Aretha Franklin was not only the first Black woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she was the first woman. #BlackHistoryMonth
Legendary tennis player Arthur Ashe was the first Black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team. He remains the only Black man to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, the Australian Open and the US Open. #BlackHistoryMonth
Barack Obama attended Harvard Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude. He was the first Black editor of the Harvard Law Review. #BlackHistoryMonth
Chaka Kahn, dubbed the "Queen of Funk Soul," is also well known for singing the theme song to public television's popular educational program Reading Rainbow. #BlackHistoryMonth
With Proposition B, the Valley Park School District is planning to modernize and improve our schools, creating personalized, student-centered, and safe learning environments for all students. This strategic investment in our buildings, grounds, classrooms, and infrastructure directly supports student learning, health, safety, and overall success without increasing taxes. If approved, Prop B will repair, renovate, and restore every school, classroom, and restroom in our district, modernize many of our learning spaces, improve our safety and security efforts district-wide, and address critical infrastructure needs. For more information visit www.vpschools.org/propbfaqs
Shout out to our SRO on National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day! We are lucky to have this dedicated officer working in our schools to help with so many connections between Valley Park's youth, law enforcement and our community. Thank you Officer Mullins. #VPPride
2008 marked the year that Usain Bolt became the first man to win three world records at a single Olympic event. #BlackHistoryMonth
When NASA's numbers were calculated by hand, the hands were often those of Black women, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Miriam Mann, Christine Darden and Annie Easley, to name a few. #BlackHistoryMonth
This is a reminder for all Early Childhood Center - 12th grade students that Valley Park School District will be closed February 16-19, 2024. School will resume on Tuesday, February 20, 2024. #VPPride
Congratulations, Mrs. Hawkins, VPSD's Teacher Proud Tuesday award winner! Mrs. Hawkins is one of our VPHS mathematics teachers and received several thoughtful nominations. Thank you, Mrs. Hawkins for being such a great teacher to our VPHS students! https://www.vpschools.org/article/1459337 #VPPride #tptteachers
In the 1880's, Jan Ernst Matzeliger invented an automated shoemaking machine that could produce seven hundred pairs of shoes a day - compared to the fifty pairs a day a worker could. In a time when many could not afford shoes, his invention helped lower shoe prices. #BlackHistoryMonth
The Valley Park School District Board of Education voted 6-0 on Dec. 2023 to place a proposition on the April 2, 2024, ballot for a zero-tax increase bond issue. Prop B aims to modernize and improve our schools, creating personalized, student-centered, and safe learning environments for all students. If approved, Prop B will repair, renovate, and restore every school, classroom, and restroom in our district, modernize many of our learning spaces, improve our safety and security efforts district-wide, and address critical infrastructure needs. We invite you to learn more about Prop B, our Zero-Tax Increase Bond Issue, by visiting our website: www.vpschools.org/PropB
Harriet Tubman is best known as an underground railroad "conductor," but she was also a Union spy who freed 750 slaves in one night during the Combahee River Raid. She is the only woman to plan and lead a Civil War military operation. #BlackHistoryMonth
Lonnie G. Johnson was a NASA engineer and a toymaker who invented the Super Soaker. #BlackHistoryMonth
In the 1950s, when universities did not typically offer financial assistance to Black athletes, football start Ernie Davis was offered more than fifty scholarships. #BlackHistoryMonth
Jerry Lawson was a self-taught engineer who invented the video game cartridge. He was one of only two Black members of the Homebrew Computing Club - a club that also included Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. #BlackHistoryMonth
The iconic cartoon character Betty Boop was inspired by Esther Jones, a black jazz singer in Harlem in the 1920s. #BlackHistoryMonth
The NAACP chose Rosa Parks as the face of the anti-segregation movement because she was deemed less polarizing than Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her bus seat nine months before Parks. #BlackHistoryMonth
Valley Park School District community celebrated Homecoming last weekend! Check out all the details, see photos, and find out who won King and Queen! #VPPride https://www.vpschools.org/article/1450349
On January 30th, the entire third-grade class of Miss Bence gathered in the Elementary Library for a special book signing event. These talented students wrote and illustrated a book centered around their favorite animals called "Animal Kingdom." Congratulations to the talented third-grade authors for their outstanding achievement! Check out their news story here! https://www.vpschools.org/article/1448152 #VPPride
