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June RL Updates: EBT Lunch Benefits, Parent Meeting, and Calendar

EBT School Lunch Benefits: The US Department of Agriculture has announced that families will receive $5.70 per day for each student enrolled in public school, covering the period from March 16 to June 25, 2020. No additional registration is needed. More information, translated in several languages, is located here.

  • For current SNAP and PA recipients, families should have received their Pandemic EBT benefits by the end of May automatically.
  • For families receiving Medicaid, new cards will be issued and should be distributed by the end of June.
  • For all other families, it is estimated they will begin receiving benefits in July and August.

Please note that it is important that we have your correct mailing address on file. If you have moved, please contact Stephanie Huang (shuang@qhsls.org) to update your contact information to ensure that you receive your benefits card.

Virtual Parent Meeting: Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, June 10, at 6:30PM via Zoom. We will review the end of year calendar, grading policy, and answer questions you may have. Spanish and Chinese translation available. Please sign up for the meeting here.

Slides from our College Application and Financial Aid Presentation are posted here.Please see the June calendar here. We are almost at the finish line!

A shoutout to our Class of 2020 Yearbook Committee for completing their yearbook remotely! Here is their stunning cover.

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远程学习第40天：QHSLS团结起来反对种族主义

副校长Mr. Bligh的信息：

今天是我们团结起来反对种族主义的一天! 我们的老师非常努力地为我们的学生准备了五门课程。我们建议按照以下顺序完成今天的课程。

1. 了解内隐偏见
2. 从Emmett Till到Amy Cooper
3. 识别逻辑谬误
4. 抗议变革
5. 反种族主义行动

把这些课程作为一个起点来进行更深入的学习、自我反省和增加对话。我们鼓励你在周二和周三的下午3点和6点在公开圈子里分享你的想法。

我想和你分享我两年前的一个“哈哈”时刻。我最喜欢的播客之一是《美国历史讲述人》，讲述了1921年塔尔萨种族大屠杀的故事。20世纪初，俄克拉荷马州塔尔萨是整个美国最繁荣的黑人社区之一。 1921年5月31日，一名白人妇女对一个年轻的黑人男子进行的虚假指控导致白人Tulsans恶意攻击黑人Tulsans。结果，多达300名黑人Tulsans被谋杀，超过1400家黑人拥有的企业和房屋被摧毁。

了解到这些，我对针对黑土兰人的残暴暴力和完全缺乏正义感到厌恶和恐惧。然而，还有一件事一直困扰着我。尽管我学了几十年美国历史，为什么我现在才听说这个历史性的事件?

对这一事件的了解点燃了大火。我阅读和研究的内容越多，就越想教给我的学生，以及教育我的家人和朋友有关这些不为人知的故事。我意识到在教授这段沉默的历史时，我采取了反种族主义的立场。

这就是说，我对您的希望是，今天的课程将点燃同样的气氛。我鼓励您至少找到一个您感兴趣的主题并开始对其进行更多了解。今天的课程并不是对乔治·弗洛伊德（George Floyd）被谋杀及随后的抗议活动做出孤立的回应。相反，今天是赋予我们所有人采取我们自己的反种族主义立场的第一步。

诚挚，
Mr. Bligh

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RL Day #40: QHSLS Unites Against Racism

Message from Assistant Principal Mr. Bligh:

Today is our day of unity against racism! Our teachers worked incredibly hard to put five lessons together for our students. We recommend completing today’s lessons in the following order:

  1. Understanding Implicit Bias
  2. From Emmett Till to Amy Cooper 
  3. Identifying Logical Fallacies
  4. Protesting for Change
  5. Anti-racist Action

Use these lessons as a starting point for deeper learning, self-reflection, and increased conversation. And, we encourage you to share your reflections in the open circles on Tuesday and Wednesday at 3PM and 6PM.

I want to share with you an “a-ha” moment I had two years ago. One of my favorite podcasts, American History Tellers, told the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. In the early 20th century, Tulsa, Oklahoma was home to one of the most prosperous black communities in the entire country. On May 31, 1921, false accusations made by a white woman against a young, black man led white Tulsans to viciously attack black Tulsans. As a result, as many as 300 black Tulsans were murdered and more than 1,400 black-owned businesses and homes were destroyed. 

Learning about this, I was sickened and horrified by the brutal violence committed against black Tulsans and the complete lack of justice. However, there was something else that haunted me. Despite studying American history for decades, why was I hearing about this historic event only now? 

Learning about this one event ignited a fire. The more I read and researched, the more I wanted to teach my students and educate my family and friends about these untold stories.  I realized that in teaching this silenced history, I was taking an anti-racist stance. 

This is all to say that my hope for you is that today’s lessons will ignite a similar fire. I encourage you to find at least one topic that interests you and begin learning more about it. The lessons today are not an isolated gesture to respond to the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests. Rather, today is a first step in empowering us all in taking our own anti-racist stances. 

Best, Mr. Bligh