Celebrate International Women’s Day March 8

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The district encourages everyone to support all girls and women in its Aldine EmpowHERS campaign. The goal is to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against bias and encourage everyone to take action to achieve equality.

Wear Pink, Purple and/or Pearls With Jeans on March 8

On Tuesday, March 8, staff members can wear pink, purple, and/or pearls with jeans to support all of the women in Aldine ISD who are connecting, inspiring, and making an impact every day.

Why pink, purple, and pearls?

Purple has long been associated with royalty, power, ambition, and elegance. But it also symbolizes gracefulness and femininity. Pink symbolizes youth, good health, and nurturing femininity. Pink is to girls what blue was to boys for many years. For many years, the color pink was associated with being timid, but lately, the color has come to represent power.

Pearls are symbolic of wisdom gained through experience. They are believed to offer protection as well as good luck and wealth. Pearls are also considered to strengthen relationships.

Chief of Schools Dr. Katy Roede

“As a working mom, I know that I got here today because of the support and encouragement I received along the way. I know that not many of us get to where we are all by ourselves. We must support and mentor each other. Many times, we were made better by the relationships we forged. These relationships made us stronger individually and as a group or team. Our young female students need strong female role models — they need you. Young females also need strong male role models. I’m fearless as a woman because of my dad and his high expectations of me – and the most confident females I know all have positive male influences too,'” said Chief of Schools Katy Roede.

Please share on social media (#AldineForward #WomensHistoryDay, and #WomensHistory) what it means to you to be a woman in this day and age — professionally and personally. And if you are a male, share about a young girl in your life that you want to encourage or share about a woman that impacted your life. You can also share who inspired you. Share what they taught you or how they shaped you into the woman or leader you are today.