Celebrating Black History Month at Valley View
Black History Art Projects at Valley View Elementary
February 2026
BCPS Early Career Teacher Bethany Karn shares, "Third graders practiced using watercolor pencils to make portraits of former president Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. They read books about these African American icons and studied watercolor pencil techniques to make this project more meaningful."
From Left to Right: Kindergarteners made 3D ice cream to celebrate famed African American inventor Alfred L. Cralle; 4th and 5th graders made prints of Civil Rights activist John Lewis and former First Lady Michelle Obama; 3rd graders practiced using watercolor pencils to make portraits of Rosa Parks.
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