Equitable Classrooms

We are excited to bring you this month's edition of our newsletter, "Equitable Classrooms!" These newsletters are dedicated to sharing and celebrating teaching practices that foster Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within our classrooms, and school buildings within the Rye Neck school district.

Our monthly newsletter is dedicated towards a commitment to celebrate, explore, and amplify the richness that diversity brings to our Rye Neck community.

We invite your feedback and suggestions to make this a valuable resource for your classroom!

Best,

Tara Goldberg & Meegan Lawlor

DEI Coordinators

• The students in Mr. Lauten's and Mrs. Slattery's English 12 classes viewed the film Selma. They are working on an analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech at the conclusion of the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

• Rye Neck High School Theater Department will be performing Sensory Friendly version of Grease on March 9th at 11 am. Stay tuned for more details; this performance should make the show more accessible to all members of our community.

• Three juniors are participating in 13th annual Running and Winning conference at Manhattanville where they "will hear from and interact directly with state, county and locally elected female officials as well as engage in a hands-on political campaign exercise."

• The Museum of Tolerance mobile classrooms will be visiting the MS/HS campus from April 28-May 3rd. MS/HS Social Studies classes will have the opportunity to visit.

If any of the topics we have introduced in "B.O.O.M" spark your interest, please see your building library/media specialist. They are happy to help you access more information!

How do the 5 Pursuits highlighted in Learning for Justice and Cultivating Joy by Gholdy Muhammad align with the Social Justice Standards from Learning for Justice?

Q&A with Gholdy Muhammad!

February is designated as Black History Month, please refer to the January issue of Equitable Classrooms to explore more.

Congratulations to Nicole Pelosi who was the first person to explain why February was chosen as Black History Month. Enjoy your Dunkin'!

February is National Random Acts of Kindness Month, and the third Friday of February is National Random Acts of Kindness Day. The month is a time to practice selflessness and empathy by doing kind things for others. Check out: The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

This year, we have created a collection of tools that can help you on your DEI journey, Feel free to examine the links in this "workshop" slide. Throughout the year, we will add resources to this slide. When you come across resources you think may help others on their DEI journey, please forward them to one of us so we can add them.

ADL Education

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility

Learning for Justice

NYSED DEI Resources

RN DEI "Workshop"

We welcome feedback to help make this publication as resourceful and inspiring as possible, and tailored to your interests. We invite you to reach out to us if you have resources to share and/or questions to ask. 😊

DEI Page RNWebsite

RN DEI "Workshop" RN DEI "Workshop"

Tara Goldberg: tgoldberg@ryeneck.org

Meegan Lawlor: mlawlor@ryeneck.org