Dec. 2023 | Vol. 9 Iss. 12
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STUDENTS ENCOURAGED TO TAKE A WALK IN RUBY BRIDGES’ SHOES
By Jet Burnham | j.burnham@mycityjournals.com
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mass of students, parents and teachers streamed down the street toward Falcon Ridge Elementary school on the morning of Nov. 14. Principal Theresa Christensen invited Falcon Ridge Elementary students to put themselves in the shoes of Ruby Bridges, the young girl who bravely walked into a newly desegregated school on Nov. 14, 1960. About 75 students and their families met Christensen and other school staff members at High Bluff Park before school to walk the half-mile to the school. Some students were chanting, some were waving flags from the goodie bags Christensen had handed out, and some were just thrilled to walk to school with their friends, but Christensen hoped they all were learning something. “Our school has become very diverse in recent years,” Christensen said. “I felt it is an important event in history that led us to the wonderful learning we gain from having a diverse student body.” A few days before the event, Christensen read two picture book stories about Ruby Bridges for her online Story Time with Ms. Christensen. She encouraged families to watch the stories and to discuss them to prepare for the commemorative walk. Heidi Ah Sue watched the videos with her kids, a kindergartener and a second grader. “I wanted them to know why we were walking and what happened with Ruby Bridges historically, that things aren't totally solved, but progress has been made,” Ah Sue
Seventy-five students, along with their parents and teachers, walk to Falcon Ridge Elementary school on the morning of Nov. 14 to commemo-
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