Tuesday, May 25, 2021
- Dwayne Johnson, also known as “the Rock” was born on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California. He was born into a wrestling family. His father is Black and his mother is Samoan. He attended the University of Miami on a football scholarship and went on to play professionally on a Canadian team before pursuing a wrestling career. His debut into the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was in 1996 as Rocky Maivia, Maivia being his mother’s maiden name, and won his first of many world championship titles in 1998. Johnson’s career then went to the big screen, with his first movie appearance in The Mummy Returns (2001). Since then he has been in many more films including The Fast and the Furious, Tooth Fairy. Central Intelligence, Moana, Jumanji, and more. Dwayne Johnson has managed to have very successful careers in both the ring and on-screen, and he often incorporates aspects of Samoan culture into his films, representing Pacific-Islanders in major movie-making industries.
- Today during both directed studies, all teachers will be showing our Consent Week video, which includes topics such as digital consent issues, the power dynamics between younger and older sexual partners, consent relating to people with disabilities, and powerful anonymous stories from the ARHS community.
On Wednesday at 3, we’ll be watching Jackson Katz’s fabulous TED Talk titled “Violence Against Women -- It’s a Men’s Issue” and having a discussion afterwards. Katz was the first man to minor in women’s studies at UMass Amherst, and travels the world teaching men about gender violence prevention. The link is here: https://meet.google.com/lookup/dob7vgfenh
On Thursday at 2:30, come to the cafeteria lawn for an interactive Rape Aggression Defense training, derived from martial arts skills and led by Maya Sessions!
Lastly, from Tuesday to Friday during both lunches we will have a table set up distributing multiple forms of contraceptives and information about safe sex provided by Tapestry Health in Northampton. Stop by!`
- This is a link to Resources for Improving Success in Education - Created by the Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN).
- Join the ARHS Theater Company for their fifth and final production of this wild school year - a fully-outdoor production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music June 3-5. Staged outside at ARHS, this all-ages show has been produced from the efforts of nearly 100 ARHS students this spring, from our cast to our tech crew and pit orchestra. Join us - and remember what it's like to attend a big live event while doing so in a safe and COVID-mindful environment!Tickets are available online at: bit.ly/arhssomtix - don't delay! We are limiting sales to 200 tickets a night and expect to sell out most, if not all shows. ARHS community: $10; free/reduced lunch: $5. If you can't easily purchase a ticket online, see Mr. Bechtold, Ms. Pritchard, or Ms. Stocker to set you up.
