Eureka High School takes a lot of pride in Black History Month by showing equity between students and staff. Equity means to show fairness to one another which is what our high school does with the meaning of Black History Month. Black History Month is known to recognize voices and identities and that is what our staff strives to do during this month, especially because this is a very important event towards the students and teachers.
Dr. Eiswirth is Eureka High School’s Librarian and talks about the activities that celebrate Black History Month made for the students of EHS such as the Kehinde Wiley Photo Booth activity. “For Black History Month, I aim to do at least one activity a week. I started with the Saint Louis County Library because they also celebrate Black History Month in a lot of ways. I went to the Saint Louis County Library webpage and after I saw all of the activities they were doing for this month, I reached out to the Librarian and asked if they could bring the activities out to Eureka High School. The Photo Booth happened to be one that was allowed for us to use for the high school.” With Black History Month, Dr. Eiswirth wants to make sure that students are seen and educated by teachers involving equity.
“With Equity, teachers and their student equity groups try to recognize all identities because we want to teach students about these identities that are out there and we want students who have those identities to feel heard and seen,” Dr. Eiswirth says. “Making sure that we celebrate Black History month here, at Eureka High School, ties into equity because we want those students to be seen and us teachers also want to educate people.”
Teachers and Staff, like Dr. Eiswirth, uses activities to educate students about the meaning behind Black History Month. Allowing students to feel heard and seen creates a strong sense of equity within the school and develops close relationships with students and teachers. Eureka High School is better for creating an equal environment for the students.
