During the less than 13 years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership of the modern American Civil Rights Movement, from December 1955 until April 4, 1968, African Americans achieved more genuine progress toward racial equality in America than the previous 350 years had produced. Dr. King is widely regarded as America’s pre-eminent advocate of nonviolence and one of the greatest nonviolent leaders in world history.
Drawing inspiration from both his Christian faith and the peaceful teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. King led a nonviolent movement in the late 1950s and ‘60s to achieve legal equality for African-Americans in the United States. While others were advocating for freedom by “any means necessary,” including violence, Martin Luther King, Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly-impossible goals. He went on to lead similar campaigns against poverty and international conflict, always maintaining fidelity to his principles that men and women everywhere, regardless of color or creed, are equal members of the human family.
Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Nobel Peace Prize lecture and “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” are among the most revered orations and writings in the English language. His accomplishments are now taught to American children of all races, and his teachings are studied by scholars and students worldwide. He is the only non-president to have a national holiday dedicated in his honor and is the only non-president memorialized on the Great Mall in the nation’s capital. He is memorialized in hundreds of statues, parks, streets, squares, churches and other public facilities around the world as a leader whose teachings are increasingly-relevant to the progress of humankind.
* This information is provided through The King Center at https://thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/martin-luther-king-jr/
Drawing inspiration from both his Christian faith and the peaceful teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. King led a nonviolent movement in the late 1950s and ‘60s to achieve legal equality for African-Americans in the United States. While others were advocating for freedom by “any means necessary,” including violence, Martin Luther King, Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly-impossible goals. He went on to lead similar campaigns against poverty and international conflict, always maintaining fidelity to his principles that men and women everywhere, regardless of color or creed, are equal members of the human family.
Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Nobel Peace Prize lecture and “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” are among the most revered orations and writings in the English language. His accomplishments are now taught to American children of all races, and his teachings are studied by scholars and students worldwide. He is the only non-president to have a national holiday dedicated in his honor and is the only non-president memorialized on the Great Mall in the nation’s capital. He is memorialized in hundreds of statues, parks, streets, squares, churches and other public facilities around the world as a leader whose teachings are increasingly-relevant to the progress of humankind.
* This information is provided through The King Center at https://thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/martin-luther-king-jr/
It's time for the super fun Reverse Raffle night! March 1st!
You could win $10,000 and have a fun ADULT night out with friends.
Congratulations to these students for making the All District Honor Band!
Thank you for the yummy soup and sandwiches! It was such a treat!
This week in sports med we’ve been working on wrapping and taping techniques for compression, stability and injury reduction.
It's time for the super fun Reverse Raffle night! March 1st!
You could win $10,000 and have a fun ADULT night out with friends.
Please note that starting TOMORROW, January 12th, all students in K-5 who are staying for tutoring will need to be picked up in the car line BY THE PLAYGROUND. Hopefully this will help alleviate some of the congestion/issues we've been having with the middle schoolers trying to be dismissed! Thanks for the help and positive attitude!!!
AP Biology students broadened the pallet of colors 🎨 that E. coli express, by transforming purple and green 🧬 plasmids into bacteria 🧫. Way to go scientists!
We are proud of these kids! December is a HARD time to keep it together!
It's going to be a great time!
Please help us welcome Mr East. He is our new high school PE teacher this year. Some of you may recognize him from coaching our high school volleyball team. We are excited to welcome him to the NCLA family.
We are so proud of our Middle School Students of the Month for December! They are such great leaders in our school!
Tamia Burwell (6th) - Landon Kraft (7th) - Gideon Abney (8th)
Tamia Burwell (6th) - Landon Kraft (7th) - Gideon Abney (8th)
Complete the AUDITION FORM and SUBMIT VIDEOS directly onto form by DEADLINE: 6pm, Friday, January 2nd, 2026. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BkAKzh1MJPI7dul4kv9tUfLiZBE-rhV0oYfjJ1hNu8A/edit?usp=drivesdk
Thank you for the holiday lunch!
Mark your calendars!
Cookies for sale tomorrow in elementary (and possibly MS if we have enough)! We appreciate small bills!!!
We are looking for a qualified Middle School Boys basketball coach to start ASAP If available and interested, please reach out to Coach Mac at SMcCormick@thencla.org.
See you Wednesday night!
We are having so much fun with all of our classes. The kids are picking out the perfect presents for everyone on their list.
