February 12
Black History Month Program
Office of Community & Equity
9th Grade: Black History Month Performance
Title: Samuel Prather Groove Orchestra Black History Month Performance
Location: Calloway Chapel
Departure: 1:15 PM
Link and Details: https://www.samuelprather.com/
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie
10th Grade: Black History Month Fort Ward WPE
Title: 10th grade class walking tour: Fort Ward
Location: Fort Ward
Departure: 12:45 PM from Front Circle
Link and Details: https://www.alexandriava.gov/FortWard#VirtualTour
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)
11th/12th Grade: Black History Month Choices
(Form Sent Directly to Email)
Title: “Gun and Powder” Musical Evening WPE
Location: Signature Theater
Departure: Depart at 6:45PM
Link and Details: Gun and Powder Musical
Dress: Class Dress
Title: Conversation with owner of Mahogany Books
Location: Mahogany Books
Departure: 12:45PM
Link and Details: Mahogany Books
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)
Title: The Alexandria Black History Museum
Location: 902 Wythe Street Alexandria, VA 22314
Departure: 12:45PM
Link and Details: Alexandria Black History Museum
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)
Title: “A Right to the City”
Location: Anacostia Community Museum
Departure: 12:45PM
Link and Details: A Right to the City at Anacostia Community Museum
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)
Title: “Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits” at National Museum of Women in the Arts
Location: National Museum of Women in the Arts
Departure: 12:45PM
Link and Details: Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits at National Museum of Women in the Arts
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)
Title: “One Life: Marian Anderson”
Location: National Portrait Gallery
Departure: 12:45PM
Link and Details: "One Life: Marian Anderson" at NPG
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)
Title: “Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words”
Location: Library of Congress
Departure: 12:45PM
Link and Details: Rosa Parks "In her Own Words"
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)
Title:“My Last Will and Testament” Experience at statue of Mary McLeod Bethune
Location: Directly east of the United States Capitol Building, at East Capitol and 11th Street, NE DC
Departure: 12:45PM
Link and Details: Mary McLeod Bethune in Capitol Hill
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)
Title: Walk up weekdays at NMAAHC
Location: NMAAHC at 1400 Constitution Ave NW, DC 20560
Departure: First group departs at 12:45PM; Second group departs at 1:15PM
Link and Details: https://www.nps.gov/rocr/index.htm
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)
Title: District Comic reading experience at Benjamin Banneker Park and Memorial
Location: Benjamin Banneker Park and Memorial
Departure: 12:45PM
Link and Details: Benjamin Banneker Park
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)
Title: Brown vs. Board of Education Exhibit at the NMAH
Location: National Museum of American History
Departure: 12:45PM
Link and Details: Brown vs. Board of Education Exhibit
Dress: Class Dress/No Tie (Rain jackets if needed)