Parent Teacher Magazine Union County Public Schools May 2014 | Page 6

FHHS Black History program sends powerful message Forest Hills High School held its annual black history celebration recently, but one that honored many. The theme of this year’s program was “Behind the Scenes of Black History.” It involved between 50 to 75 FHHS students, as well as eighth graders from East Union Middle School. The production included skits, singing and dancing, students reciting their poetry, and tributes to such individuals as Nelson Mandela. The Forest Hills Theatre Department performed a skit titled “Dreams Began With Dreamers,” which focused on East Union Middle students Abreayah Burch and Kadasha Davis perform a famous African praise dance during Forest Hills High School’s annual black history program. Americans such as Sidney Poitier, For 18-year-old Samantha Muhammad Ali, Davidson, a FHHS senior George Washington Carver and Mae Jemison. who shared her poetry in the The Forest Hills Chorus sang Shosholoza, a traditional South program, the message of the African folk song. program is clear. Part of the program, “Escape to Freedom,” offered a bit of “Don’t take anything for history. “Our ancestors couldn’t speak when they were in the cotton granted, because we didn’t fields, so they had to make up spiritua