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How #BelmontHS are going to slide into the Thanksgiving Break!

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This is how mallards land when the surface of the lake is frozen

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Belmont is Thankful! #FoodLovers #NYCSchools and we are eating swell!

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Tomorrow is a Half Day. We thought this sign was cool!

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Big #Wildcats energy last night @TheGarden for one of our own Ismael Villarreal who went the distance in a 10 Round fight with Champion Callum Walsh. Despite the loss the people in attendance were entertained by a great fight! We are proud to say Ismael is #BelmontStrong!

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Frank Sinatra was a fervent anti-racist and an early activist during the civil rights movement. He refused to stay at hotels and play at clubs that did not admit black people. His band would also provide equal pay and treatment for black musicians. It was through his relentless and tireless efforts that Las Vegas quickly became integrated.

In an interview in 2016, Frank Sinatra, Jr. had this to say about his father: "In the days when Las Vegas began to become popular, the black performers could play in showrooms, but they couldn't stay in the hotel. And it was Frank Sinatra who went to the board of directors, who had rather shady pasts, and he said, 'Are you guys going to come into the twentieth century, or aren't you?'... Somebody said 'Well, we have white people, we have black people." Sinatra, the story goes, said to them, 'The money is green. How about that?' And they began to look at each other, and the wheels were turning, and because of Sammy (Davis), Las Vegas became integrated.

Sinatra was also a significant supporter of Martin Luther King and helped him raise money to support the Civil Rights Movement by headlining fundraisers. In 1958, he wrote in Ebony Magazine: "A friend to me has no race, no class and belongs to no minority. My friendships are formed out of affection, mutual respect, and a feeling of having something in common. These are eternal values that cannot be classified."

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In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people.

The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him.

Happy Birthay to Ronald! He would’ve been 73 today!

Ronald McNair was 9 when a South Carolina librarian told him he could not check out books from a segregated library in 1959. Refusing to leave, a determined McNair sat on the counter while the librarian called the police, as well McNair's mother. The police arrived, told the librarian to let the young boy have his books, and McNair walked out alongside his mother and brother.

McNair went on to earn his Ph.D. in physics at MIT and became one of the first African Americans selected as astronauts by NASA, alongside Guion S. Bluford, Jr. and Frederick Gregory.

McNair's first spaceflight was the STS-41B mission, aboard the "Challenger" shuttle. He successfully maneuvered the robotic arm, which allowed astronaut Bruce McCandless to perform the first space walk without being tethered to the spacecraft.

The second space flight for McNair would be his last. He, along with six other NASA astronauts, were aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded 73 seconds after takeoff in 1986. Everyone on board the shuttle was killed.

Today, the library in South Carolina where McNair was refused books is named after the heroic boy determined to make a difference.

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Nigeria; African country on the Gulf of Guinea, has many natural landmarks & wildlife reserves. Cross River National Park and Yankari National Park have waterfalls, dense rainforest, savanna & rare primate habitats. Zuma Rock, a 725m-tall monolith. #FindMeFriday #NYCSCHOOLS

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Amazing! We appreciate your service!

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@TheFigen_ From nothing to a Masterpiece! #AnythingIsPossible when you use your imagination!

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Belmont Prep HS would like to thank @Google x @NatAbuchaibe for creating #Mindot for students to achieve their dreams! #RaulPenanda

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Thailand is historically known as Siam; a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. Population of almost 70 million, it spans 198,120 sq mi. It is bordered to the north by Myanmar & Laos, to the east by Laos & Cambodia. Bangkok is the largest city! #FindMeFriday

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#FindMeFriday takes us to the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas & Turks & Caicos Islands. It occupies the western 3/8ths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic.

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#StudentLife Club sign up today. We have a packed house! What club you joined? #NYCSchools #Wildcats #BelmontHS

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#TURNUPTUESDAY is a did you know the continent of Australia is wider than the moon by 372.823 miles ? It is also 20.5 hours by airplane from Belmont Prep! #FACTS

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#WildCatWed is a did you know!? The country Costa Rica is a little smaller than Lake Michigan! It has 121 volcanoes of which seven are still active. It has 5% of all the world’s biodiversity. Despite the fact that the country’s land area is just 0.03% of the Earth’s surface!

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Welcome back! It is a rainy Monday in New York City! Remember to bring your umbrellas. Today's #MotivationMonday comes from Nelson Mandela.

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Harlem Book Fair would like to invite you and your school community to the 25th celebration of Literacy, Black Writing, Community, and Culture on Saturday, September 23, 2023.  

Learn more at https://t.co/Mn9EaV5cOp

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#WildcatWednesday brings you a did you know! So did you know? Spaghetto, confetto, and graffito are the singular forms of spaghetti, confetti, and graffiti. #DOESCHOOLS #DIDYOUKNOW

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For #TurnUpTuesday Ms. Kropp invited @SUNYPlattsburgh to present for our College Conversations! They have over 70 academic programs in Humanities, Science, Business, Education and more!

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We are back at it! #BelmontHS! #MondayMotivation