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At our HS Principals meeting last week I shared with you that we are moving to Canvas <\/strong>a our learning management system for grades 6-12. Please plan to share this letter with your teachers on Monday. <\/strong>It explains this move and the reasoning behind it. Here is that letter<\/a>. Early next week, we will ask you to send out a second letter explaining the opportunities for teachers to get paid for putting courses on Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For many years, our district has maintained a partnership with Equal Opportunity Schools <\/em>(EOS), which is a nonprofit out of Seattle. The purpose of EOS is to assist schools with tools to ensure equitable placement, retention, and outcomes of historically underserved students in AP and IB courses<\/strong>. Mountain View HS<\/strong> is the only high school currently utilizing EOS. They regularly send out equity articles and classroom resources. Recently, they sent this special message out to their partners. I want to share it with you because the message and the resources are outstanding<\/strong>. Here is the message: Many members of the EOS Community have expressed grief, sadness, indignation, anger, and even numbness in the wake of the brutal killing of George Floyd at the hands of police, just the most recent in a series of tragic incidents of anti-black and racialized violence and dehumanization. For those aspiring to lead for educational equity – work that already often feels isolating and alienating – these events may simply feel like too much to process when added to the disproportionalities bearing out in this pandemic and the ongoing trauma of inequities in our school system.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are thinking of you. Please know that you are not alone in this moment. Dr. Deena Simmons writes<\/a> <\/strong>(in her article titled “How to Be an Antiracist Educator”) that \u201c[t]eaching for an antiracist future starts with us, the educators.\u201d We are physically distanced, but we remain connected by the cause and therefore able and obligated to take collective action. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article Helping Students Discuss Race Openly <\/em>in Education Leadership (ASCD) outlines several steps teachers can follow to ensure “safe classroom environments” where powerful discussions can emerge. Let me know if you are interested in bringing EOS to your high school. It is a powerful, systems approach to elevating our historically underserved high school students.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The regional Culture of Care Coaches are hosting a 2-day training with  Jim Sporleder<\/a> (Paper Tigers) on August 20-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n