Dr. Soraya Matthews came and spoke to the Rise staff at our most recent team meeting Dr. Matthews is the Chief Equity Officer for the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging! During our time together, we were able to engage in meaningful conversation around diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and how we as a team are all leads in these areas for our school. Together, we will rise up and ensure that all scholars have access to resources and opportunities. We will continuously strive to find more ways to include our families! It was an honor to have her come and speak with us and engage in activities around how we can be more intentional with inclusion!
January DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging) nominees:
**CONGRATULATIONS to our scholars: Carsyn L., Jocelyn T., Kamryn M., Marley M. and our Be Well Instructor, Mrs. Brothers for being selected as the staff and scholars to represent Rise for the month of January! Their names will be sent to the District DEIB team for further recognition! Thank you for demonstrating inclusion, kindness, and respect to others!
The January scholar nominees for both staff and scholars include:
Carsyn L., Marley M., Margaret W., Emese P., Jocelyn T., Eleanor G., Athena P., Ga’Laysiah K., Ivy S., Taziyah Blake, Kamryn M., Alondra G., Cambree N., Kylee B., and Violet H.
*The January staff nominees include:
Mrs. Durham, Ms. Hoskins, Ms. Arnold, Ms. Keene, Ms. Carmical, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Dennison, and Mrs. Brothers.
Please complete the February nomination link for Rise scholars and staff: https://forms.gle/s9Lk1jxzQ7pR26aK7
Upcoming events planned by the DEIB Team
Our school's DEIB Team is currently in the planning stage for a few upcoming events! We are planning a College & Career Readiness day in March to bring in various stakeholders, community partners, and hopefully you! We are looking to collaborate with you and leverage each other's abilities to build and form partnerships with you, our families! We would love your input and also would like to know if you own a business or have a passion in something that you would like to share with the larger Rise community. We want to recognize your talents and passions!
We are also collaboratively working on an upcoming Family engagement night with a focus around diversity and need YOUR help! This event will take place near our Rise Formal event. We will be focusing on how to care for different hair textures, provide samples in skin care and hair/cosmetology, and need YOUR help! We are looking for partners to help provide a quick hair style for ALL scholars, hair stylists/cosmetologists to come out and speak to our scholars briefly, and guest speakers to read a "read-aloud" to each class, and every scholar will receive a copy of the book we will provide! The date will be forthcoming but will take place in May. Please complete this survey if you are interested! https://forms.gle/gwhJKUSEoYCf1F697
February Focus: Black History Month
