More than a third of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Students missing almost two years of in-person learning has been detrimental to the social growth of our students and negatively impacted the culture of the school community. Our school is committed to diversity and educational justice for all of our students. However, students have suffered dramatically in the development of their social skills. To repair and change attitudes, we hope to develop middle school ambassadors who understand and can help teach empathy and kindness skills.
The "Kindness Club" will provide teens and tweens with the opportunity to build a positive school community that reflects empathy, compassion, and kindness. I want students to learn to embrace problems of relevance within their world, which is one of the studio art habits of mind. Students will learn to create works that convey ideas and a feeling of personal meaning. Students will use Posca pen markers on their sneakers to create messages and art reflecting warmth and kindness. The sneakers will share messages throughout the campus that support and help create a positive school community. Students will also learn to build collective capacity and have courageous conversations that interrupt implicit and explicit racial and gender issues, as well as all inequities.
An afterschool club known as the "Kindness Club" will be the forum for discussing and learning about the acceptance of all people. The ability to discard stereotypes and bias to help create a school community of passion and empathy in which all people belong. To engage students in the process and share the message of kindness, students will create and design sneakers as their first project. The sneakers will contain messages of kindness and inclusion for all students. Materials that include paints and tape to paint the sneakers are needed to support creating art and kindness messages.
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Students missing almost two years of in-person learning has been detrimental to the social growth of our students and negatively impacted the culture of the school community. Our school is committed to diversity and educational justice for all of our students. However, students have suffered dramatically in the development of their social skills. To repair and change attitudes, we hope to develop middle school ambassadors who understand and can help teach empathy and kindness skills.
The "Kindness Club" will provide teens and tweens with the opportunity to build a positive school community that reflects empathy, compassion, and kindness. I want students to learn to embrace problems of relevance within their world, which is one of the studio art habits of mind. Students will learn to create works that convey ideas and a feeling of personal meaning. Students will use Posca pen markers on their sneakers to create messages and art reflecting warmth and kindness. The sneakers will share messages throughout the campus that support and help create a positive school community. Students will also learn to build collective capacity and have courageous conversations that interrupt implicit and explicit racial and gender issues, as well as all inequities.
An afterschool club known as the "Kindness Club" will be the forum for discussing and learning about the acceptance of all people. The ability to discard stereotypes and bias to help create a school community of passion and empathy in which all people belong. To engage students in the process and share the message of kindness, students will create and design sneakers as their first project. The sneakers will contain messages of kindness and inclusion for all students. Materials that include paints and tape to paint the sneakers are needed to support creating art and kindness messages.