Women's History Month
Why does Women's History month occur in March?
What is to align it with International Women's Day, which takes place the week of March 8th
What century did the first Jewish folks arrive in America?
What is the 17th century
What month does Lunar New Year take place?
What is January or February, depends on the year since it is based on a lunar calendar.
What does the "+" stand for in LGBTQ+ ?
What is all of the gender identities and sexual orientations that letters and words cannot yet fully describe.
What Signature Program sponsored a student-led march into Rye town?
What is Sustainability - Climate March of 2019 (Peggy Helman!)
How many waves of feminism are there?
What is 3 or 4 depending on who you ask. Our students shared 4 waves! (Seneca Falls, 60's, 90's intersectionality, current/Me Too)
Where did the earliest Jewish people in America come from?
What is Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Amsterdam, England - known as "Sephardic Jews
What religion celebrates Holi?
What is Hindu
What is the name of the reality show that has been on for 15 seasons that is led by a LGBTQ+ icon?
What is Rupaul's Drag Race
Name 3 of our Community Partners
Who are Carver Center, B1C, CRC, New Way Garden++++
Name a student who was featured during this year's MS Women's History Month celebration
Who is Ilaria Liedtke, Caroline Pereira, Jolie Robinson, Audrey Demong, Bianca Gupta, or Ava Morgan
Where can you find the oldest kosher bagel shop in NYC?
What is Coney Island - Bialys and Bagels, founded in 1920 by Morris Rosenzweig, an immigrant from Poland
Diwali is known as the Festival of _____?
What is lights
What is the name of the LGBTQ+ figure who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2009?
Who is Harvey Milk
Name the 3 original Mentoring Programs
What are Girls, Boys and SOC
Name a Woman in STEAM featured during this year's US posts.
Who are Jane Cooke Wright, Barbara Askins, Mae C. Jemison, Ana Maria López Colomé, Cynthia Breazeal, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Faiza Mohammed al-Kharafi, Hypatia or Lise Meitner
Prior to 1830, which major Southern city was home to the highest population of Jewish people?
What is Charleston (South Carolina)
Where would we find the second largest population of Pacific Islanders?
What is Samoa
Name 3 RCDS programs/events/activities that support LGBTQ+
What are the Day of Silence, GSA, Prism, Pride Wall, Painting the Bench
Who was our first Director of Public Purpose?
Who is Lynn Sullivan
Name two of our programs that have a girls/woman's focus
What are WISC, Girls Mentoring, Girl Tribe, +
This person is our longest tenured Jewish employee
Who is Wendy Haft (1998)
Who is our longest tenured AAPI employee?
D.D. Huang (2007)
What is the name of the Middle School student who wrote a book called How to Spot Rainbows?
Who is Chloe Berg
Name all of the locations where SOC has held its meetings over the past 15 years
6th grade History classroom, ACOB, Cohen Center Art rooms, Cohen Center Black Box