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Equity and Inclusion Parent Groups
Equity and Inclusion Parent Groups
Parent-to-Parent Groups: provide support, networking, and developmental information for parents
- Parents of Children with Learning Differences
- Facilitated by Dr. Lisa Damour
- Parents of Children of Color
- Facilitated by Dr. Erica White and Khalila Thomas
- Families Formed through Adoption
- Facilitated by Dr. Lisa Damour
Cultural Awareness for Everyone: CAFÉ
- All members of the Laurel School community are invited to attend and connect twice a semester to take part in a variety of activities aimed at examining how social identifiers play a role in society.
- CAFÉ meetings will include the following:
- Discussing articles or community reads—i.e. Hunger Games
- Reviewing of current events and how they affect us
- Celebrating the diversity within our school, local, national, and global communities
- The CAFÉ topic will vary; some will be designed and facilitated by the members of the advisory board and others will be designed and facilitated by student groups
- The current advisory board members are Ann V. Klotz, Dr. Erica White, Holly Fidler, Jason Singleton, Joan Pfeffer, and Khalila Thomas
- If you are interested in working with the advisory board for CAFÉ, please email kThomas@LaurelSchool.org
Equity and Inclusion Committee
- Tasked with gathering and reviewing resources that can be used to further enhance and develop multicultural curriculum Pre-Primary – Grade 12
- Providing background research/information for CAFÉ and workshops related to multicultural education
- Facilitated by Holly Fidler and Joan Pfeffer
