Women's History Month - March 8, 1945 – Lilia Ann Abron, entrepreneur and chemical engineer, the first African American woman to earn a PhD in chemical engineering (1972). https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/lilia-abron
National Reading Month - DEAR! Surprise your children sometime during the day by telling them to Drop Everything And Read! You may want to explain this concept to them ahead of time if they are unfamiliar with it.
Women's History Month - American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century's leading humanitarians, as well as co-founder of the ACLU. https://www.biography.com/activist/helen-keller
National Reading Month - While reading books again and again might be frustrating for parents, toddlers love to have their favorite books read aloud multiple times. The act of re-reading a book helps young children build their comprehension skills and their vocabulary.
Women's History Month - Dominique De Menil, collector of art and tribal artifacts, settled in Houston around 1942. She was a strong supporter of civil rights and created Carter-Menil Human Rights Foundation with former President Jimmy Carter. https://www.menil.org/about/history
Greetings Falcons! The current Week at a Glance is available at the following link: https://www.smore.com/j5sh4. It contains resources related to the COVID vaccine. Enjoy your spring break!
Visit https://youtu.be/Li-oxKhvZy0 to watch as former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton share the facts about COVID-19 vaccination. To get the facts on the COVID-19 vaccines, visit www.GetVaccineAnswers.org. #SleeveUp for a future safe from #COVID19.
Have a safe and wonderful spring break, Falcons! See you on March 22!
National Reading Month - Did you know if you start daily reading at birth, and read with your child for 30 minutes a day, they will go to kindergarten with over 900 hours of literacy time?
Women's History Month - March 11, 1904 (1984) – Hilde Bruch escaped from Nazi Germany in 1933, later becoming the leading expert in eating disorders, especially anorexia nervosa. https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bruch-hilde
Royal kindergarten teacher Lauren Miller was all smiles after getting her COVID vaccine! Curious about the difference between the three vaccine types? Visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines.html to learn more about each option!
Falcon employee Christy Andrews got her COVID vaccine! Have you scheduled yours? Visit https://www.murphytx.org/825/Vaccine-Information to learn more about the vaccine. #SleeveUp for a future safe from #COVID19.
National Reading Month - First Lady Michelle Obama announced a new app called Open eBooks, which offers students access to thousands of digital books free of charge for children of families in need. https://openebooks.net/about.html
RHS rock star Coach Russo: "Got my shot!" Visit https://bit.ly/3bq6wMv to learn about local vaccine locations. #SleeveUp for a future safe from #COVID19.
Women's History Month - March 3, 1962 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee, one of the world’s greatest female athletes, holds the record in the long jump (1988) and the heptathlon (1986), won 3 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals in 4 Olympic games. https://www.olympic.org/jackie-joyner
Did you know there are 3 options for the COVID vaccine? Two options (Pfizer and Moderna) are given in two doses, and the other (Johnson & Johnson) in one dose. #SleeveUp for a future safe from #COVID19. Key facts: http://bit.ly/3eiONs3
Christi Ginn in Royal Communications received her "one and done" COVID vaccine at the Bayou City Event Center. "It was quick, efficient, and painless." #SleeveUp for a future safe from #COVID19. Visit http://bit.ly/3rvgAJM to learn about vaccine locations in Waller County.
#SleeveUp for a future safe from #COVID19. RISD IT Director Mike Nicholas stated, "I got mine at Brookshire Brothers and it was so fast that I blinked and almost missed it!" Visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html to learn more about the vaccine.
National Reading Month - Reading aloud is the single most important activity adults can do to prepare their children for reading and learning. By age 3, gaps in brain development appear between children whose parents read to them and those whose parents do not.
The newest issue of Parents and Families Newsletter has been released! Visit https://www.smore.com/2sjwt to read the new edition.
