The spirit of the event was alive with students. 8th grader and dance participant, Gisel Espinosa-Kane, said, “It’s important so everyone can celebrate black history month and black excellence.”

Espinosa-Kane also said, “I enjoyed celebrating black history and being able to dance and show school spirit by cheering.”
The assembly got the students excited when Ms.Carelli’s dance team came hopping out. Ms. Carelli, the dance choreographer, said, “For the first part of the piece it was jazz and I choreographed it, for the hip-hop portion the students choreographed it in sections and came together as a team to teach and rehearse the dance.”

The Cheerleading coach, Mrs. Liastro wanted to represent black history by switching up some lyrics to give the audience some knowledge on BHM month. Mrs. Liastro said,  “We switched up the lyrics to the cheers just to reflect honoring black history month.”

The audience was filled with the voices of all the singers, Mr. McGuire, the chorus teacher at WMS taught his students to sing two songs, Mr. McGuire said, “The first song ‘Lift Every Voice’ and ‘Sing’ was considered the black national anthem.” The second song was Stand Up which is from the Harriet Tubman movie. Mr.Mcguire said, “The second song is his favorite  because it’s new.”

The students were intrigued when 8th grader Ogechi Madueke spoke. She said,” I enjoy spreading the word about black history.”  Madueke continued, “People should join peer leaders because it gets me and helps kids that are younger or the same age as yourself.”