Friday, January 31, 2025

Media Advisory: 200 Students to Raise Black History Month Flag on Monday

 

MEDIA ADVISORY 

 

200 STUDENTS TO GATHER TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH SPOKEN WORD, FLAG RAISING

WHAT: Student-led Black History Month Flag Raising and Program  

 

WHY: Two-hundred students from Black Student Unions throughout the District will be attending to express what the month means to them, and their stories, before proudly elevating the Black History Month Flag.  

 

WHEN: Monday, February 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

 

WHERE: Eugene Brucker Education Center flagpole, 4100 Normal Street, San Diego, 92103

 

WHO:   Brooklyn Burnett, Pershing Middle School (emcee)

Malachi Conners, Gage Elementary School (speech)

Maliah Mims, Patrick Henry High School (poem)

Kirena Godwin, University City High School (speech)

Chris White, Correia Middle School teacher (song) 

 

SCHOOLS ATTENDING: Pershing Middle School, Patrick Henry High School, Morse High School, School of Creative and Performing Arts, Point Loma High School, Mira Mesa High School, Canyon Hills High School, University City High School, Hoover High School, and Crawford High School.

 

VISUALS: Student speakers, song by teacher, student-led flag raising.

 

MEDIA PARKING: Parking lot in front of flagpole, 4100 Normal Street, San Diego, 92103 

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*Editor note: Early media interview availability with a district representative beginning at 9:45 a.m.

 

Please RSVP: James Canning, jcanning@sandi.net, 313-580-2845. 

                            

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Thanks,

 

Mike

 

Mike Murad

Public Information Coordinator

San Diego Unified School District

mmurad@sandi.net | www.sandiegounified.org

Mobile Phone: 619-925-4790

4100 Normal Street, San Diego, CA 92103