I have taught math at Glen Urquhart School since 2011. I love teaching math, especially making connections to real life experiences. I work to connect the math curriculum to social justice, but sometimes in class I announce: we’re not doing math today, we’re going to learn about how the Transatlantic Slave Trade is connected to racism and white privilege.
Read MoreFirst graders have been learning about civil rights leaders. They wrote acrostic poems about those who inspired them, and shared them at All School Meeting last week.
Read MorePerhaps because it’s fall and my mind always goes here. The leaves are falling and field hockey season is in full swing, and the words, “nothing worth getting was ever easy” ring in my head. These are the words I would say to my teams, usually yelling at them while they were running sprints or shared with passionate conviction during a halftime talk.
Read MoreIn this new school year, backed by the board and the investment of our full community, we are ready to go deeper + further as we work towards the goals we outlined in our DEI plan.
Read MoreIn Life Skills over the last couple of weeks, we have maintained our course digging into topics related to the theme of social justice.
Read MoreIn honor of Martin Luther King Day, as part of our community-wide 21-day racial justice challenge, our Kindergarten students conducted an experiment with eggs.
Read MorePerfectionism is probably not the first thing a person thinks of when they are thinking about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It certainly was not for me. However, after a 3-day intensive clinic around this work, I started to recognize its significance in my role as a teacher, colleague and human being.
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