People and Programs at the Forefront
Creating Experiences and Opportunities that Develop Cultural Awareness
WE BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS benefit
significantly from an education that affirms genuine respect for individual differences, molds young leaders who are ready to engage in a worldwide environment, and teaches them how to work collaboratively with those who represent different cultures, nationalities, and beliefs. In line with our strategic priorities, the Country Day Fund supports the people and programs that create experiences and opportunities that lead to cultural awareness and comprehension of the wider world.
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CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
Our teachers and administrators continually assess and revise curriculum through a lens that ensures what and how we teach is equipping students to think critically, act respectfully, and show sensitivity to the needs and feelings of others. For instance, beginning in junior kindergarten and kindergarten, the AMAZE curriculum helps children to see difference as a positive thing. Using high-quality literature, hands-on activities, and
persona dolls, teachers explicitly teach children the knowledge, values, and skills they need to support and respect each other across differences of race, class, culture, gender, and so forth. In Lower School social studies, students access multiple texts so they have more than a single story about the event. This helps to build critical-thinking skills and develop empathy by asking “whose voice is represented and whose voice is missing?�
