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Beginning to Answer Your Questions
Dear Escuela Community- We thank you again for your continued communication with us. Your responses to the survey, emails and phone calls are helpful, giving us a good sense of what your concerns and desires are. Next week’s e-news will include more detailed...
Our Community’s Response to Racial Injustice
Recent events in our country bring to light the increasingly urgent need for the work of education and outreach. More than ever we need to bring the core values of our organization to the forefront. If you have not already, please read the school’s introduction to its Anti-Bias Anti-Racist work on Escuela’s website (the About page).
Escuela’s Health Advisory Team
Parents to the rescue! Maybe a tad dramatic, but that’s how it feels to me when I am able to ask members of our parent community to advise on issues both legal and medical.
Preparation for School Closure
As I understand it, the state is requiring this for containment reasons. Unless the Governor says something to the contrary during her press conference tomorrow morning, Escuela will of course be closed as well.
Ms. Sharayah Shares Her Training Experience
This school year, Ms. Sharayah will do four weeks of practice teaching. Her training through the Montessori Institute of San Diego will wrap up this summer as part of AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) training program.
Anit-Bias, Anti-Racism Workshop
In early October, many Escuela staff members participated in a one-day workshop – Introduction to Anti-Bias, Anti-Racism Education, conducted by Crossroads Antiracism Organizing & Training. They are a non-profit dedicated to dismantling racism and promoting anti-bias education.
Community Safety Meeting
The Escuela safety meeting held last Tuesday was very informative; I think I speak for all that were there when I say we learned a lot! Lead City officials took time from their very busy schedules to speak to our community of parents, artists and staff, as did one of our own Escuela parents.