Charts of Work

• Angeline Washington
• Chinn
• Congress
• English Landing
• Gerner
• Graden
• Hawthorn
• Hopewell
• Lakeview
• LEAD Innovation Studio
• Line Creek
• Park Hill High School
• Park Hill South
• Plaza
• Prairie Point
• Renner
• Russell Jones
• Southeast
• Tiffany Ridge
• Union Chapel
• Walden

Angeline Washington

• Assembled Building Council for their first year of operation
• Gathered feedback to develop chart of work to implement for the first time next year

Chinn

• Developed material for teachers to use during morning meetings to highlight the work of the Building Council
• Created “My Authentic Wheel” for students to complete

Congress

• Created a “Who Am I” bulletin board and a bi-monthly contest
• Participated in Unified Sports with students with special needs and their families

English Landing

• Nest Night (culture night) in April
• Gathered feedback on Belonging on First Fridays in family groups

Gerner

• Conducted a family survey about belonging and safety – outcome identified a desire to have more ways to connect with other families
• Held a spring social to support elementary home school communities

Graden

• Held a Restorative Practices learning session for families during a Building Council meeting
• Collaborated with school staff to incorporate a SEL component in celebration assemblies each quarter
• Developed four common circle lesson plans centered around read aloud books representing dimensions of diversity represented by Graden students

Hawthorn

• Held focus groups in the spring with K-5 students to gather feedback
• Ran and collaborated with K (kindness) C clubs to increase belonging and student voice

Hopewell

• Monitored communications with families to reduce acronyms and jargon
• Added a snapshot of instructional strategies (e.g., anchor charts) to every family newsletter
• Held student focus groups to gather feedback
• Administered and reviewed feedback from parent survey
• Focused on connecting work between Building Council and Student Focus Council

Lakeview

• Created a cookbook with recipes submitted by students and family members representing cultures of Lakeview
• Hosted informational table at Parent-Teacher Conferences
• Promoted events of elementary and high school feeder patterns to increase Council involvement opportunities
• Collaborated with staff members to develop a lesson on identity and to install a bulletin board to bring awareness to diverse backgrounds and abilities of the Lakeview community

LEAD Innovation Studio

• Sent surveys to students and parents to gather feedback
• Student volunteers traveled to nearly all of our elementary schools to read stories aligned with heritage months
• Partnered with Black Student Union to host a door decorating contest for Black History Month

Line Creek

• Collaborated with school staff to contribute to schoolwide assemblies and celebrations
• Held a Holiday Extravaganza where we celebrated the cultures of our students through games and experiences
• Became a unified school, and celebrated by bringing in two paralympic athletes to teach our students about inclusion
• Evaluated barriers to family participation in school activities and brainstormed ways to remove/reduce them

Park Hill High School

• Student-led DEIB belonging sessions on Belonging Days designed based on student feedback
• Established student and staff belonging committees to supplement work of the Building Council
• Parent newsletter scavenger hunt to connect parents/guardians with their student

Park Hill South

• Promoted and recruited for the Building Council at Course Offerings Fair in January
• Representation at Faces of South in April and HBCU College Fair in February
• Student Connection to Student Sense of Belonging group Sense of belonging bulletin board

Plaza

• Increase cultural proficiency/CRE in PD
• Increase opportunities for students to learn about other cultures/share their own
• Helped to plan a Multicultural Night and Belonging Night

Prairie Point

• Began a volunteer directory for teachers to use when volunteers are needed in their classroom
• Ensured inclusive representation of the flag wall to ensure the national origins of Prairie Point students were included; added several flags, along with facts and information about the countries represented

Renner

• Conducted a survey to gather feedback
• Added a Restorative Practices section to the family newsletter
• Partnered with school staff to host a Family Engagement Night in March
• Provided feedback to school staff to reduce bullying (e.g., provided a feelings wheel in every space, teaching about the importance of bystander reporting, creating a trusted adult survey, etc.)

Russell Jones

• Culture event held in November
• Included informational blurbs in monthly family newsletter about various dimensions of diversity as they align with the district published calendar
• Planned quarterly career day speakers, from organizations such as Hollis + Miller, Grassland Heritage Foundation and the KC Police Department

Southeast

• PTA/Building Council Night, called Glow & Grow: shared resources with translation services, food, games, prizes, crafts; gathered stories from families who have used resources from the school

Tiffany Ridge

• Classroom teachers taught lessons about identity, and each student created a display about their own culture, which were displayed at the first annual Culture Night, hosted by the Building Council
• Also at Culture Night, students had the opportunity to learn about famous landmarks around the world by playing BINGO, experience accessibility tools in an interactive display, learn about and play cricket, and eat pizza with their Tiffany Ridge community

Union Chapel

• Monthly inclusive bulletin board to reflect the diverse identities, experiences, and strengths of the UC community
• Fun facts and trivia questions related to diversity and inclusion

Walden

• Community Building Circles (DEIB content for proactive and instructional circles)
• Collaboration with Student Council and “Talk to Me Tuesdays” – focus groups that work on problem solving and enhancing school culture