Official page for the WMHS embRACE Club. Advisor: @CardoSoWhat Check here for updates, retweets, & more! We strive for Recognition|Action|Community|Equalityπ§‘π€
Honored to yet again be invited to participate in a community holiday event, honoring the various religious and secular festivals and special days in the coming week! π
Shout out to WMHS embRACErs Sarah M, Sebastian H, Brianna D, Keyla O, Yves G, and Blessings M for contributing to a Thanksgiving basket to help a WMHS family of 6 in need!
So proud of how our club members support our school and the #Woburn community! ππ§‘π€
Shout out to (clockwise) Maya D., Sarah M., Maya K., Haram R., and Yves G. for representing WMHS embRACE at last weekβs Best Buddies Trunk-or-Treat!
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Woburn Welcomes is a great organization that has always supported our endeavors at WMHS.
Please go see them tomorrow to donate whatever you can to students in need at our school! π§‘π€
Please join us tomorrow night from 4-7 PM in front of the Woburn United Methodist Church (523 Main Street) in support of the WMHS Tanner Closet!
Anyone who donates is entered into a raffle for a $50 gift card to Sweet Spot Bakery in Melrose (the owners are Woburnites!) ππ§‘π€
Our club sure has been busy the past 24 hours!
Annual #WearOrangeDay proclamation & rally, WMHS graduation, and a social justice rap battle/spoken word contest all in our great city of Woburn!
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A Sikh student volunteered to bring in turbans, teach us how to tie them, create a poster w/ info & work during all 3 lunches on Mon. 4/14 to spread awareness about his religion & to wrap heads of students or staff.
We honored #InternationalTurbanDay for the 1st time at WMHS!
A Sikh student Rajveer brought in his own turbans, taught our club how to tie them, created a poster w/ info & worked a table during lunch on Mon. 4/14 to spread awareness about his religion & to wrap the heads of students/staff for #InternationalTurbanDay π³π½ββοΈπ³πΏββοΈπ³πΌ
We are always hard at work! ππ§‘π€
This month, we are again hosting a Ramadan Prayer Room at WMHS for Muslim students & staff to use for their midday prayer.
In addition, Student Leaders Momo M. and Jacoby A. were featured speakers at the latest #KnowYourNeighborWoburn event!
So proud of our club members this month! π₯Ήπ§‘π€
They worked to assemble and distribute #KnowYourRights cards in Spanish, Portuguese & Creole, and this week they are encouraging students & staff to make cards and color pictures for local immigrants, refugees, and asylees!
Please join us one month from tonight on Wednesday, March 12 from 6-7:30 PM at The Studio Cafe in Woburn to hear from two of our current WMHS embRACE Club Student LeadersβJacoby and Momoβas well as some other great WMHS students and recent graduates! ππ§‘π€
We had a great meeting today assembling & delivering brightly-colored #KnowYourRights cards in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Haitian Creole for students & staff at WMHS!
*If you are local and want some, please DM this page! ππΌπ§‘π€
#WeAllBelongHere#ImmigrantsMakeWMHSGreat
We were busy this afternoon assembling and delivering 200 small tokens of appreciation for all WMHS staff for the holiday season!
We are grateful for our teachers, paras, nurses, secretaries, counselors, coaches, cafeteria workers, custodians, and Admin! Happy Holidaysπ πΌπβοΈπβοΈ
Thank you so much to embRACE Club members Jacoby, SebastiΓ‘n, Sabrina, Jenna and Abby for participating in tonightβs annual gun violence awareness & prevention vigil! #NotOneMore#NiUnaMas#GunSafety
Our friends in @WoburnWelcomes and the organizers of these various events have invited us to participate in the vigil on 12/8 and the holiday celebration on 12/15. π
Hope to see you there!
WMHS students & staff: please come grab a title from our new embRACE Club βLittle Libraryβ outside of room E227 anytime!
Return it if you want, or keep it if youβll share with someone else!
All of the books have diverse authors or are about topics that matter to us!
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