To the Children's School Community:

This week is Inclusive Schools Week which celebrates the progress that schools have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, including students who are marginalized due to disability, gender, socio-economic status, cultural heritage, language preference, and other factors. The theme this year is Unity within Our Community. 

We are excited to recognize the event this year (OK... a week late, sorry) in the following ways in addition to our usual school day: 

• A virtual parent workshop "What is Inclusion and ICT?" (invite to follow 12/13@9:30am) 
• One School, One Book reading of A Friend Like You by Frank Murphy and Charnaie Gordon (invite to follow 12/14@8:40am)
• Participating in Citywide Inclusion Summit Activities throughout the year 
• Asking families to continue to have meaningful conversations about diversity and disability 

Please see below for some valuable resources:

The Inclusive Schools Network: https://inclusiveschools.org/inclusive-schools-week/ 

Include NYC: https://includenyc.org/ 

Parents for Inclusive Education (PIE): http://www.parentsforinclusiveeducation.com/ 

We are excited to continue building a strong inclusive community at The Children's School. Again, thank you to all of you who helped celebrate unity in our community during Roots and Community this year! 

Thank you, 

372K Admin