Hello families,
Tomorrow, all of the students will be joining in activities and discussions regarding IRACE (Identity, Race Awareness, Community Education). As Erik mentioned, our lower elementary students will be discussing the difference between equality and equity - what fairness really looks like for each individual. If you have time, you can share the information below with your child to better prepare them for tomorrow. It will be a different kind of day with activities run by adolescents, sharing a beautiful potluck lunch with the upper elementary students (provided by all of you wonderful families), and ending the day at the park (weather permitting). Just another friendly reminder to send your child with a dish and silverware to help reduce waste. If you are bringing food for the potluck, please bring your dish upstairs to the upper elementary commons. Thank you in advance.
Here's more information about tomorrow in case you're interested. I got this from the GRS website:
Identity, Race Awareness, Community Education
Great River School's iRACE day - a student-planned social justice event
The iRACE summit is an important school event, taking place on March 30th, in which we explore the process of opening productive dialogues about race and racism and educating our students about important racial issues in our community, country and the world. We want to encourage you to encourage your child to not only attend but to make the most of this unique opportunity. We would also like to encourage you to reflect with your student after iRACE on the evening of March 30th.
We also need a few additional things from our community:
- We need as many students and families as possible to bring dishes for our potluck lunch. Be sure to label ingredients for students and staff with allergies. Bring food straight to the kitchen!
- In order to reduce our waste from that day, we are asking each student to bring a mess kit to eat off of.
- We also are still in need of parent volunteers for either lunch or the whole day— Click here to sign up!!! if you have questions about signing up, please contact Adam Koehler (adam.r.koehler@gmail.com)
- We are also looking for families to donate rice cookers just for the day. (contact Adam adam.r.koehler@gmail.com)
Thanks!
The iRACE Planning Team
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Jessy Eaton Fabel
Lower Elementary Guide"Our aim therefore is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his inmost core." ~ Maria Montessori
