The Diversity & Equity Council

Kieara Reed, Faculty Lead, G3 Homeroom

This year the Diversity and Equity (D&E) Council was tasked with creating and prototyping a curriculum audit through the Futures Plan goal. Since August, eight educators and one parent have worked diligently to create an audit that is accessible to educators and effective in helping to make sure our curriculum is in alignment with our school’s Mission and Values. Currently we are in the final drafting stages and will be moving to prototyping shortly. Members of the Council have also compete with other projects within the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice scope. Members are currently updating the language and/or providing best practices to outward facing documents including school handbooks and syllabi. Members are passionate about this because “... we want all members of our community to feel included!”

In this school year, we have also revived Brave Space, a community to share stories, ask questions, and learn. Lastly a community book club will be starting late January. We are reading the book “What If I Say the Wrong Thing”. We are excited about the discourse that will arise within the community. As the school year comes to a close, we hope that the work we are doing provides a lens to be reflective of our practices and contributes to the progress of AISC.

The D&E Council includes Joelle Basnight, Shari Abbott, Jayanthi Ramakrishna, Nicole Merletti, Gregg Phililps, Sabrina Kim, Mary Kelly Bello, and Anindita Gautam (AISC Parent).