Alice Ponder Elementary - For the month of February, the students at Alice Ponder will participate in a daily game of clue. Each morning during announcements, a clue will be read. Each clue will be the accomplishment of a famous African American. The students will have a chance to guess, and the winner will be announced over the announcements the next day.

Tarver-Rendon Elementary - Mrs. Cyganowski's fourth grade class at Tarver-Rendon has worked on black history biography book reports. Each child has created a poster on their person and they will be displayed in the fourth grade hallway during Texas public school week.

Cross Timbers Intermediate - will host their second annual Black History Month observance. The theme this year is Celebrating Diversity in our School. The Multicultural Committee will be sponsoring the following events:

Poster Contest: students will participate in a poster contest recognizing notable African Americans. Entries are due on February 16, 2007. Winners will be announced during the month.

African Americans of Character: a weekly trivia activity of questions presented to the students during the morning announcements. An incentive will be given for each correct response.

Celebrating Diversity in our School Program: a presentation to the students, staff, and guests on Friday, February 23 at 2:00 PM and 3:00pm. Guest speaker will be educational consultant and former school board member of Mansfield ISD John Washington. Other participants will be our choir, theater arts, art department and step and dance teams.

Comfort Food Luncheon: the Multicultural staff will host the luncheon for the staff.

Icenhower Intermediate - will have a drama and step team performance Monday, 26 at 7:30 p.m. The drama performance will portray the civil rights struggle and the impact of influential African-Americans.

Mary Orr Intermediate – on February 5, the Multicultural Club held their annual celebration of the National African American Read In. The Timberview High School Lady Wolves Varisty Basketball team and head coach Candi Harvey participated in the read in along with Wolves football players. Other participants were district staff including MISD Superintendent, Mr. Vernon Newsom.

Donna Shepard Intermediate - Each year DSIS honors Black History Month on campus with the following:

A display located in the showcase at the school entrance. The display celebrates African American heritage and features African artifacts from Ghana, Tanzania, and Kenya.

Daily announcements: Students share meaningful quotes from African-Americans who have contributed greatly to American society.

5th Annual Black History Month Trivia Contest: Trivia questions are presented to students daily at trivia contest "centers" located throughout the building. From among students with correct responses, daily winners are drawn, along with weekly bonus prize winners, and a final, grand-prize winner.

James Coble Middle

Daily announcements about famous and influential African-Americans.

Black History assembly (students performances) on 2/20: 8th graders at 2:00, 7th graders at 3:00.

Black History essay contest.

Black History student performances after Open House at PTA meeting on 2/27 at 7:30.

Danny Jones Middle

The Multicultural Club will be displaying a famous African American "Guess Who" in the cafetorium for students to guess.

The Multicultural Club will be having a Soul Food Feast on Tuesday, February 27 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

The Black Heritage Program will be Wednesday, February 21 from 10:15 AM to 11:00 AM

The Language Arts Department students will be researching and presenting biographies about African Americans.

T.A. Howard Middle -

Daily announcements will include little known black history facts, biographies, and quotes from famous African-Americans.

Students will research and present information about African American History in class.

Black History Celebration on Tuesday, February 27 at 6:00 PM in the school cafeteria for student performances.

Summit High - will display the Pathway to Freedom exhibit, which provides information about the civil rights movement, black inventors, the underground railroad etc. This traveling exhibit will be on display in the library the week of February 26.

Timberview High - will display the Pathway to Freedom exhibit, which provides information about the civil rights movement, black inventors, the underground railroad etc. This traveling Exhibit will be on display in the library the week of February 5.

Check back for updated campus information on events and displays.

February is celebrated as Black History Month - an annual celebration that has existed since 1926.

Much of the credit for Black History Month goes to Harvard Scholar Dr. Carter G. Woodson (pictured at right). In 1926, Woodson organized the first annual Negro History Week, which took place during the second week of February. Woodson chose this date to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln -- two men who had greatly impacted the black population.

Over time, Negro History Week evolved into a four-week-long celebration of African American History. Because of the variation in terms used, February is also known as African American History Month, Afro-American History Month and Black Experience Month.

February has much more than Douglass and Lincoln to show for its significance in black American history. For example:

• February 23, 1868: W. E. B. DuBois, important civil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP, was born.

• February 3, 1870: The 15th Amendment was passed, granting blacks the right to vote.

• February 25, 1870: The first black U.S. senator, Hiram R. Revels (1822-1901), took his oath of office.

• February 12, 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a group of concerned black and white citizens in New York City.

• February 1, 1960: In what would become a civil-rights movement milestone, a group of black Greensboro, N.C., college students began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter.

• February 21, 1965: Malcolm X, the militant leader who promoted Black Nationalism, was shot to death by three Black Muslims.