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SEMS - Celebrates Black History Month

February 2026 Celebration

LEGACY
IN MOTION

Honoring the architects of change and the authors of our shared future at South Effingham Middle School.

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Pioneers of Progress

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Space
Astro-Physics

DR. MAE JEMISON

Breaking the atmosphere and the glass ceiling.

Baseball
Georgia Legend

JACKIE ROBINSON

Integration and the quiet strength that changed a nation.

Medicine

Dr. Drew

Civil Rights

JOHN LEWIS

"Good trouble."

The Power
Of The
Word

Middle school is where we find our own voices.

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

— FREDERICK DOUGLASS

The Shelf

Essential Reads for the Mustangs

Becoming

Michelle Obama

Life in Motion

Misty Copeland

Courage to Soar

Simone Biles

Hidden Figures

M.L. Shetterly

March

John Lewis

Stamped

Reynolds & Kendi

Rosa Parks

S. Theoharis

Undefeated

Kwame Alexander

Narrative

F. Douglass

The 57 Bus

Dashka Slater

C. Colvin

Phillip Hoose

Ghost

Jason Reynolds

Crossover

K. Alexander

Brown Girl

J. Woodson

New Kid

Jerry Craft

SEMS MUSTANGS

Excellence is our Tradition