Although February is over, I want to share just one more story about Black History Month celebrations with you. The story features first grade teacher LaToya McGriff who works at Creekside Elementary School in Suffolk, Virginia.

Every day last month, LaToya dressed up as a different African American trailblazer. Then she shared that individuals important contribution to US history. She started with NASA mathematician Mary Jackson. Mary was profiled in the book and film Hidden Figures, which shared the story of three African American female mathematicians whose efforts helped put men on the moon. LaToya also featured jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, tennis star Arthur Ashe, the first African American man to win the U.S. Open, educator Booker T. Washington, and ballerina Misty Copeland, among others.

LaToya says the practice kept her students curious and asking questions, and she hopes the overall project will give them the confidence to know that, like these important historical figures, they can be great, too!

To learn more, see this short video posted by CBS News on You Tube: