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Anthony Godfrey:
Hello and welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. It was an evening of reflection, recognition, and celebration. Students from schools throughout Jordan School District came together in song and dance to celebrate Black History Month in a meaningful way. On this episode of the Supercast, hear from students who participated in the performances and why they're passionate about educating others on the importance of Black History Month.

We're here at Elk Ridge Middle School for Black Excellence Night. Our Legacy is the name of the celebration tonight, and we're here with three of the students who are participating. Introduce yourselves, and what grade you're in, and what school you're from.

Marc:
I'm Marc. I'm from West Jordan High School and I am the BSU President.

Adjoa:
I'm Adjoa and I'm from Herriman High School. I'm the BSU President as well.

Siriya:
I'm Siriya. I go to Copper Hills High School. I'm a senior and I'm also BSU president.

Anthony Godfrey:
All right, I'm in the presence of three presidents. That's awesome. So tell me, what are you looking forward to tonight? What are you excited about?

Marc:
I'm really excited to see all the other schools cause I haven't been able to see what they're doing. But I'm really excited also to see just the Black Excellence in the auditorium.

Adjoa:
This is my first meeting that I've been to and I'm super excited to just see what it's all about and seeing all the different dances and the different BSUs. My BSU will be hopefully showing up too and will be our first time because our school is just barely new this year, so, super excited.

Anthony Godfrey:
Okay.

Siriya:
I'm also excited to see all the other BSUs or other people that are gonna perform and just Black Excellence altogether.

Anthony Godfrey:
What are the things that you hope the audience takes away from their experience tonight? As they're walking to their cars, they're driving home, as they're thinking about things this weekend, what do you hope they take away from the experience?

Marc:
I want them to be educated. I want them to see that Black Excellence is prominent in Utah.

Adjoa:
It's very important that we help spread just awareness that we are here and that we do have cultures and that we are a community.

Siriya:
I really hope people actually see the diversity of like what Marc said because it's obviously a predominantly white state. And so obviously I hope they take away something from this and they actually leave feeling educated.

Anthony Godfrey:
Now tell me what each of your schools is contributing to the event tonight.

Marc:
So West Jordan High School is contributing a song and a poem done by me. The song and the poem are written by me.

Anthony Godfrey:
Oh, really?

Marc:
Yeah.

Anthony Godfrey:
Tell me what the song and poem are about or the title. Tell me a little bit about it.

Marc:
So the title of the poem is I'm a Black Man and then the song is Freedom.

Anthony Godfrey:
Okay. Great.

Adjoa:
I am the student highlight this year and I will be talking about my BSU efforts in raising money for our school's fundraiser, Hearts of Gold.

Anthony Godfrey:
What were some of the things that BSU did for Hearts of Gold?

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