Preparing for the school year: Post #2: Things we are changing!
We were so excited to visit the Alta Gracia factory and meet with employees! And we're back to continue our reflection on preparing for the upcoming school year. In this post we want to share with you some of the things we want to change for the upcoming school year. Change is constant, and we are excited to take it on, even as it brings some discomfort (and often a little extra work) into our lives. As Emily Style says, "Half the curriculum walks in the room with the students on the first day.." Which to us means that this list will most definitely get a whole lot longer and intricate as the year progresses! We are going to try… Mini-home groups: We already made a push to have affinity groups at our school. We now run an affinity group for 3-5th graders that we feel has brought so much life and love to our students of color. We love it so much that we have been wondering how to bring