HSD Equity and Inclusion Updates
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The Hartford School District is committed to implementing restorative practices to better align with our values. We begin this year by focusing on the Circle - a simple structured process of communication that helps build and maintain a healthy community in which all members feel connected and respected. Restorative Practices believes that relationships are fundamental; so that when harm is done, there is a relationship to repair.
Elijah Hawkes
Elijah Hawkes, Director of School Leadership Programs at Upper Valley Educator Institute, Associate Professor at St. Michael's College, author, and former public school teacher and principal for over 20 years, is working with the Hartford Memorial Middle School and Hartford High School to implement Phase 1 of Restorative Practices through Advisory Circles.
Circle Forward
The Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University will be training many members of our HSD staff around the use of Advisory circles in building relationships and creating connections. The text "Circle Forward" is a guide for teachers and administrators to incorporate the practice of Circle into the everyday life of the school community.
26 HACTC students attended the Women Can Do Conference at Vermont State University’s Randolph Campus. Women Can Do is a one-day trades and STEM career exploration conference for high school girls and gender expansive students.
Level 2 HACTC students exhibited at the event: they taught others how to weld, properly start a chainsaw and wear proper PPE, use a paint sprayer to spray a fender, design a kitchen using a scale ruler, wire an outlet, and use a tile saw.
What's your School Story?
We are creating a vision of a graduate that is informed by the voices of our community to anchor the work we do as a district on behalf of our students. Please let us know what your own school experience was like and what your hopes and dreams are for the students in the HSD!
Tell us your story here: https://form.jotform.com/242814379683064
November is NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH
November 1 – All Saints’ Day
November 3 – Birth of Baha’u’llah
November 16 – International Day of Tolerance
November 25 – Day of the Covenant
November 26 –Transgender Day or Remembrance
November 27 – Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha
November 30 – St. Andrew’s Feast Day
In your school's weekly newsletter, we provide a quick blurb, article, video, or story to help you better understand the HSD Anti-Racism and Gender Inclusivity Policies. Here is a link where you can access all the past Curiosity Corner information!