This Women’s History Month Federal Way Public Schools joins the national celebration of contributions women have made to the United States over the course of American history.
Throughout March our schools will celebrate with assemblies, art projects, musical performances and more. We want to share these experiences with the entire District, so be sure to email photos to socialmedia@fwps.org.
At FWPS we believe each and every scholar has limitless potential and are committed to ensuring all scholars, of race, class, linguistic background, disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, and other exceptionalities, thrive and achieve at the highest levels.
This belief is woven into the education of our children by including the achievements of women in March, and all year long.
View additional recognitions in the FWPS Cultural & Religious Calendar here: https://www.fwps.org/culturalcalendar
Women’s History Month celebrations and honors at Silver Lake Elementary School.
FWPS is excited to celebrate and honor women’s history this month. Our scholars will be learning about women, their stories, and impacts they’ve made. They’ll be highlighted in our libraries and books, school social media, hallways with displays, in classrooms through presentations and assignments, and in assembly performances.
Over at Silver Lake Elementary, in Ms. Morganfield’s class, scholars are reading about important women in history books and presenting to their peers what they’d learned. On a hallway board with descriptions of “terrific”, “brilliant”, and “dynamite”, peers displayed their reports of the inspiring women and shared their stories to the class.
Silver Lake scholars also had time to learn and reflect about the women who have influenced their lives. Mrs. Rhea-Hicks had her scholars identify, visualize, and illustrate a woman in their life they look up to and why. Scholars named incredible women like Rosa Parks and Simone Biles because of their activism and hard work ethic. Some scholars even chose Mrs. Rhea-Hicks herself as a woman they appreciated and are inspired by! Because of amazing teachers like Mrs. Rhea-Hicks, our scholars feel empowered to learn, thrive and succeed.
Over at Silver Lake Elementary, in Ms. Morganfield’s class, scholars are reading about important women in history books and presenting to their peers what they’d learned. On a hallway board with descriptions of “terrific”, “brilliant”, and “dynamite”, peers displayed their reports of the inspiring women and shared their stories to the class.
Silver Lake scholars also had time to learn and reflect about the women who have influenced their lives. Mrs. Rhea-Hicks had her scholars identify, visualize, and illustrate a woman in their life they look up to and why. Scholars named incredible women like Rosa Parks and Simone Biles because of their activism and hard work ethic. Some scholars even chose Mrs. Rhea-Hicks herself as a woman they appreciated and are inspired by! Because of amazing teachers like Mrs. Rhea-Hicks, our scholars feel empowered to learn, thrive and succeed.
Silver Lake scholars also had time to learn and reflect about the women who have influenced their lives. Mrs. Rhea-Hicks had her scholars identify, visualize, and illustrate a woman in their life they look up to and why. Scholars named incredible women like Rosa Parks and Simone Biles because of their activism and hard work ethic. Some scholars even chose Mrs. Rhea-Hicks herself as a woman they appreciated and are inspired by! Because of amazing teachers like Mrs. Rhea-Hicks, our scholars feel empowered to learn, thrive and succeed.
Women’s History Month at Lake Grove Elementary
“This month, we are learning more about the women in history!”, is Assistant Principal Janet Genord’s first sentence at their morning assembly. At Lake Grove Elementary, scholars hear about different remarkable women at their morning assemblies and discovering more about women’s contributions throughout history. During this assembly, scholars learned about Harriet Tubman, who is perhaps best known for her work with the Underground Railroad and was an activist for women’s rights later in life.
Students also see a diverse array of women of multiple professions, races, and ethnicities on display thanks to Lake Grove’s dedicated library staff. Miss Young and Mrs. Mobley spoke about their motivations and what they wanted the school’s scholars to take away from the presentation. Mrs. Mobley said, “I wanted to have women from different groups and different cultures. I wanted girls to see and be represented to find themselves, and [understand] that they don’t have to be a certain fit.” Ms. Young added that the importance of sharing women role models throughout the library and its book selection is to empower all our students to be inspired by the incredible achievements, leadership, and strength that women represented throughout all cultures and history has contributed to and to elevate our richly diverse community of scholars to thrive and succeed.
Lake Grove staff are committed to our goal for scholars to see themselves reflected in their schools. During assemblies and in schools’ hallways, Lake Grove Elementary is pursuing that ambition so scholars can see and realize their limitless potential.
