Olive Tree Int'l Learning Center

09/07/2026

08/21/2026

Pause the grind and check in!

08/11/2026

Because I said so!

07/28/2026

A huge THANK YOU to Dr. Jones and the amazing team at Byram Middle School for inviting Olive Tree to your Meet the Parents event!💙🐾 When schools, families, and community partners work together, students thrive. 🌳 📚 💫



Territory

05/26/2026

Many men and women gave their lives for freedoms that we enjoy. We honor and thank you.

02/18/2026

Percy Julian

One of the first African Americans to receive a doctorate in chemistry.

Research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.

Received more than 130 chemical patents.

02/17/2026

Dick Gregory

Civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, conspiracy theorist, comedian, and occasional actor.

In 1961, joked in front of a white audience. “Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant and this white waitress came up to me and said, “We don’t serve colored people here.”
I said ,”That’s all right. I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.”

02/15/2026

Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable

• Born in San Domingo, Haiti

• Frontier trader, trapper, farmer, entrepreneur, peacekeeper, and protector of Native Americans

• Founded a settlement that later became the City of Chicago.