EQUITY CORNER

We will be sending one newsletter the week before the upcoming month. They will also be made available to caregivers. Each newsletter for the new month will include:

• Read Aloud Recommendation (Equity Facilitators will have copies for teachers to sign out)
  
• Acknowledgement of Holidays & Upcoming Important Dates
• Staff Tip of the Month

We're looking forward to partnering with you and collaborating. Do you have questions, comments, or concerns? Please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're here for you!

What We Do to Support You

• Work as an ally and collaborator with administrators and colleagues

• Facilitate discussions during professional development meetings focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

• Serve as the WPS’ Staff liaison for the school’s Diversity and Belonging council

• Organize and prepare various events with the DEIB team including Youth in Unity, Unity Breakfast, Joint DBC meetings, etc.

• September 2nd - Labor Day

• September 3rd - Happy first day of school!

• September 11th - Patriot Day

• September 7th - September 17th - Ganesh Chaturthi

• September 16th - Mawlid al-Nabi

• September 21st- Faire on the Square

• September 22nd - First day of fall

• September - Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

• September 15th - October 15th - Hispanic Heritage Month
  

*If we miss or incorrectly communicate a holiday, please don't hesitate to reach out*

Names

• Follow-up from Opening Days: Click here for a website that can create a pronunciation tag for your email signature.
• To add an accent or symbol over a letter in a name (staff, student, or parent), hold down that letter until an option comes up to pick which one works for you.

Restorative Questions

When responding to conflict or harm, a restorative approach consists in asking the following key questions:

1. What happened?
2. What were you thinking and feeling at the time of the incident? What have you felt and thought about since?
3. Who has been affected by what happened and how? How have you been affected?
4. What about this has been the hardest for you?
5. What do you think needs to be done to make things as right as possible?