Inclusive Schools Week - December 2-6

Inclusive Schools Week is held each year during the first full week in December. Since its inception in 2001, Inclusive Schools Week has celebrated the progress that schools have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, including students who are marginalized due to disability, gender, socio-economic status, cultural heritage, language preference, and other factors.

Our school plans to celebrate and support this week by participating the following events:

1. Collectively we will “build a ship”
a. The theme this year is CHARTING THE COURSE. Each classroom will be given a few pieces of paper to write how their class supports inclusion. PLEASE REMEMBER that inclusion is not just special education. It is about including an increasingly diverse student population: gender, socio-economic status, cultural difference, language preferences etc. PLEASE TURN YOUR PIECES INTO KAREN SAGER (C04) SOUTH SIDE BY THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21!
2. There will be a table in the library highlighting books that contain a story or information about diversity.

CLASSSROOM IDEAS:
Please try to incorporate a few of these ideas into your day during the week.
1. Make a list with the class of ways people can communicate
2. Set aside time for “5 minutes of friendship”. Student pair up with classmates and the teacher provides a topic for discussion. Come back together to share any thoughts.
3. Have older students (3-5th grade) complete a learning style assessment. Discuss: Did everyone get the same results? How do we learn differently?