ARGO & NCTE Black History Month Read-In

On Friday, February 22, around 80 Argo students and faculty members honored Black History Month by joining other schools across the country in the Twenty-Fourth National African-American Read-In. This is the first year that Argo High School has participated in the event. The event is sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, and its goal is to make literacy a significant part of celebrating Black History Month. The read-in took place in the LRC during lunch periods. Before the event, participating students picked out short pieces of literature by African American writers including Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, and Tupac Shakur. Students then took turns reading aloud the pieces they chose. Lunch was provided by the school to honor the student readers and celebrate the African American artists and writers.