Thanks very much Esposito's!

This holiday season the Esposito Garden Center in Tallahassee, Florida, very generously donated an eight foot tall artificial tree complete withlights to the WGHS library:  

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To make good use of this great gift it will be kept up and used instructionally as a calendrical “History Tree” until May 15. The 15th is being featured because all Christians originally referred to the period of calendrical time from 12/25 till 05/15 as “sacred time,” and the balance of the year was called “ordinary time.” Some Christians still honor this division of time—but not all the same way and for the same reasons.     AN ANTHROPOLOGIST MIGHT CALL THESE VARIANCES EFFECTS OF ACCULTURATION.      But why? ? ?  What happened? To see how multidisciplinary analysis can help us better understand calendrical choices and why differentiating between these two calendars can help WGHS become a stronger community, focus will be placed on three points:

 1.       WESTERN HISTORY CAN INVOLVE COMBINED STUDY OF AGRICULTURE, SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE/MATH, RELIGION/ETHICS/PHILOSOPHY, SPORTS, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS—BUT RECENT DEFINITION AND USE OF HISTORY IS CHANGING IN SUCH EXCITING WAYS. Historians are now learning that by carefully reviewing topics which used to be viewed as extraneous like holidays, costumes, and regional foods and medicines, they can better define and use knowledge of core subject matter.

 2.       IN AMERICA THERE ARE TWO OPERATIVE CALENDERS, THE JULIAN AND ITS NEWER ADAPTATION, THE GREGORIAN. Historians tell us there is a difference of 13 days between these two calendars, and some countries still use the ancient version to know when to celebrate their holidays. This point is so important---relevant to all of us because although WGHS is a community, not all students celebrate holidays with their loved ones on the same day or in the same way.

 3.       WGHS IS A MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY COMPOSED OF STUDENTS WITH MULTIPLE ORIGINS. PRIMARILY THERE ARE: CAUCASIANS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, HISPANICS, AND ORIENTALS. Principal Mills’ 2015-2016 theme of Building Relationships is based upon the key notion that we can all gainby learning to work together. Through calendrical study we can consider that WGHS is a melting pot in the process of evolving. We can use our history tree to better appreciate our commonalities and differences, considering that students brought together as they are at WGHS could result in a heightened awareness of who we are as a community of people.