This year, there was a Girls Rock Week held in October at Pierre Laclede Junior Career Academy. In the gym, everything was pink: pink balloons, pink ribbons and pink words on banners for cancer awareness. There was a girl speaker named Legacy Jackson. There were no girls left out.
The song sung was “I’m Beautiful.” The soloists were Andria Harris, Andreya Harris, and Zakurreya Weaver. The girls really like to sing. The girls sang with a loud and high pitch.
Girls Rock was attended by Pierre Laclede students, some teachers, and some doctoral candidates from Saint Louis University. They talked to the girls and ate with them. The food they ate was salad, spaghetti, cake, and lemonade.
Girl’s Rock was the idea of DaMaris A. White, principal of Pierre Laclede. This was the first year it was held.
“My idea was to celebrate and empower young ladies to strive for excellence as well as commit to setting goals for success,” White told Academy Journalism. “There were activities every day that allowed the students to reflect, pledge and fellowship in a sisterly fashion.”
She said a similar week of events just for the school’s boys will be held in the spring semester.
Academy Journalism is a partnership between The St. Louis American and St. Louis Public Schools founded by DaMaris White, principal of Pierre Laclede Junior Academy, where Megan M. O’Brien runs the program with a staff of volunteers organized by The American.
