Sista' Martha Ruff visited Lower School students on Wednesday, January 18 as part of the Juneteenth Speaker Series. Ruff is an African American folklore and culture storyteller, former Lower School librarian at Gilman from 1986 to 1992, and grandmother to a Gilman second grader.

She shared stories with the boys and even invited a few of them up to join in. Many of the students remembered Ruff from her visit last year.