Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Octaviano Larrazola. A Mexican-American, Octaviano was the 4th governor of New Mexico, and later a US Senator, fighting for civil rights and equal treatment for Hispanic Americans.
It is National Principals Month! Show your principal how much you appreciate them! TLC appreciates Mr. Spencer!
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Roberto Clemente. A Puerto Rican-American, he was an MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates with 3000 base hits. He is the first Hispanic player in the MLB Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to our TLC Middle School Student of the Month: Gabriel Harris!
Congratulations to our TLC High School Student of the Month for September: Talmadge Land!
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Ileana immigrated to the US from Cuba. She served in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate, the first Hispanic woman to serve in both. She was also the first Hispanic woman to ever serve in the US Congress.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Richard Cavazos. A Mexican-American from Texas, Richard was the first Hispanic person to become a 4-star general in the US Army. He also served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Jose Andres. Born in Spain, immigrating to the United States in 1991, Jose became an award-winning chef, and formed the World Central Kitchen that provides hot meals to those affected by natural disasters.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Ellen Ochoa. Born in California, Ellen became the first Hispanic woman in space aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Guy Gabaldon. Guy was a foster child in a Japanese family where he learned Japanese. During WWII he peacefully captured more than 1500 Japanese soldiers in the South Pacific by negotiating with them in Japanese.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Alexandria is the youngest woman ever to be elected to Congress at age 29. She is from New York and of Puerto Rican descent.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Jovita Idar. Jovita worked at her father's newspaper La Cronica, and used her platform to speak out in support of women's and Mexican-American's rights.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Jean-Michel Basquiat. Jean-Michel is an artist with Puerto Rican and Haitian roots. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, where he started as a graffiti artist with the tag SAMO. His work has been in the MoMA and the Whitney.
Thank you to Swing PHI Swing and Mrs. Roshetta White for your generous donation of supplies to The Learning Center and its students!!
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Jordan Chiles. Born in Oregon, with Puerto Rican roots, is an athlete on the US Women's Gymnastics Team, with an Olympic silver medal (2020) and an Olympic gold medal (2024).
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month. Meet Jenna Ortega. Born and raised in California, Jenna is an actress with many credits, most recently Wednesday Addams of Netflix's Wednesday!
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated between September 15 and October 15. Join us as we celebrate the cultures that make our nation a wonderful melting pot of diversity.
Happy IT Professional's Day! We appreciate our IT department keeping us online and our computers running smoothly!! Thank you!
TLC wore purple on Wednesday to support suicide prevention and awareness. Focusing our Wednesdays on wellness!
Today we remember September 11, 2001. And we extend our heartfelt gratitude to our nation's military and all first responders. Thank you for all you do. We cannot express how much we appreciate your willingness to care for us.
