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A big takeaway from the sessions for me personally would be the need for student initiative in classrooms to ask the necessary questions that may not only involve them but the other people around them as well! - Juzette

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In order to learn in a classroom we need to feel comfortable and engaged. Otherwise it’s just a room.

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That students and teachers need to find a common ground when it comes to communication and inclusion culturally
-Keelie

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How teachers and students can make learning things in the classroom enjoyable, relatable, and easier to comprehend

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Something that can be learned from these past few sessions is that when students and adults come together and interact with one another, we can learn what is best for each other and how we can help each other learn better and more efficiently.

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One big takeaway from these sessions that I learned is that it's very educational and descriptive. The teachers try their best to make sure we're understanding and enjoying what they are teaching.

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I feel like our biggest takeaways from these sessions are understanding what goes into a curriculum and the process behind it, and starting to wonder how we can make it better.

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We can apply this to our schools by being the FIRST to ACT! Be the change you want to see. :P - Juzette

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A big takeaway from all these sessions is I like how they want us to include our opinions and our thoughts on how we're going to be taught or how we're going to be taught from now on.

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The takeaways from these sessions would how the experience of the students is valuable within the classroom and helps the students intake the classes. - World View

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We can apply this to our schools by having  meetings with students and teachers to talk about how we can improve the school curriculum. - Belmont

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Teachers should strive to make classrooms more comfortable for students so that they feel able to communicate the way they want to.

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Having activities where students and teachers get to build that bomb. Making the lessons plans for students and not for teachers.

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A big takeaway from these sessions is that there are so many different outlooks on things and how thinking outside of the box can really positively help.

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We want to apply this in our schools by making sure the teachers embody what they say they are going to do.

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I will commit to be the one to put myself out there in hopes of the "ripple effect" taking place within my own learning environment! - Juzette

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One of the takeaways from these sessions to me was that ideas are always opened to everyone and they will always be heard.
-Law

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We could start by actually meeting with staff about how we can contribute student voice in curriculum and having us being more engaged with the student body

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A big takeaway from these sessions are how to listen to others ideas and reflect on feedback

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I look forward to applying what I've learned in these sessions by getting to speak more with teachers and principals about ways to improve the curriculum and make things more engaging in the classroom environment

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I think the teachers should start to communicate, build relationships and bonds with all students and add mutual interests into the lessons to make it more engaging.

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We can apply this by asking our student government and teacher to consider our suggestions and try to apply some of what we ask in our lesson/class time.

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my big takeaway from these sessions was that the school's curriculum is pretty good education wise, however a lot of times it fails to reassure students with their work and check in with them to make sure they understand everything being presented.

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We can speak to the teachers at our schools and holding the teachers accountable.

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Voicing our ideas on topics we may have questions about

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A big takeaway from these session is that while not everything might accommodate the students, they really do take time to plan all these lessons and make sure to be really specific. -Isha

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Finding a way to make learning more enjoyable and more efficient not only for the students but also for the teachers that would be the most effective and productive. Yuleisi & Isaac.

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A big takeaway from the sessions for me is that students identities and cultures should be implemented in classrooms in order to have a higher level of engagement. After speaking with a couple of other students from other schools and from our schools I've learned that people enjoy learning when something that's important to them in included in it.

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I feel like the ways we can apply this to our schools is by having meetings with the principal and teachers and basically tell them what are somethings that could be changed for the better

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I feel like the ways we can apply this to our schools is by having meetings with the principal and teachers and basically tell them what are somethings that could be changed for the better

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We can step up and take that lead in hopes that other students will follow.

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I think a big takeaway from our meetings would be having been able to know that it is important for us as students to understand what changes we need to help us learn and engage in class.

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We can apply this to our schools by talking to teachers and students about having a voice and being heard

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A big take away from the sessions is how much we care for the students to make sure they are understanding the work. That everyone can bring their knowledge to the table. -Jasleen

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We can apply these to our schools by including students opinions and having sessions were they're engaged and want to learn more about the lessons.

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Making sure that everyone can understand the curriculum and be engaged when learning new topics.

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We'll commit to trying to make the classroom a more comfortable and engaging place to learn.

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I will commit towards speaking with others more about their thoughts about the curriculum and what can be improved, revised, or changed to make classes more fun and engaging for everyone

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I will continously try to spread the word about how it's okay to not be okay because at the end of the day, their voices were still being used. If not now then their voices will be heard later. As long as you stand up and speak out then it will be beneficial to not only you but to other's in the school who are scared to do so.

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We can commit to make sure the students will be heard and use their helpful feedback to arrange some things

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We can commit to make sure the students will be heard and use their helpful feedback to arrange some things

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A takeaway of these sessions is that firstly, students need to build good relationships with their teacher in order to create a safe and comfortable classroom environment.

Giving students help and choices can help their engagement, all students learn differently and having these things available could greatly increase student engagement.

A big part of learning and engaging is the enjoyment one gets from doing so, it is important for a teacher to create such an environment.

-Joshua G. (BXCSM)

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We can apply this to our schools by becoming in closer contact with higher staff (counselors, assistant principals, etc.) and discuss what we think could be more beneficial to the student while still allowing them to absorb the topic.

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One big takeaway from these sessions is how much critical thinking lesson planning/curriculum planning takes.

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i commit to letting everyone know what's on my mind and to seeing through the perspective of others

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We can apply this in our schools by spreading the messages to our peers and teachers. The more topics we come across the more we can learn from one another. We also can combine our ideas and get different opinions which is very helpful as your getting different outputs on what your talking about.

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The most powerful way to connect the students with the school in having student voice would be unite everyone and everyone to bring their experiences to the table allowing them to have a better experience within the classrooms. - World View

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This can be applied by stopping a for a moment and assess what is going on. Afterwards, one can speak out on it.
-Law

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I feel like some take away are also the students they don't really show the interest in the topic enough to stay focus and also the environment that the students work in

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We could apply this in our schools through communication between the students and the teachers to see what type of subjects and strategies would appear to be the most beneficial for us as a whole. Communication such as student clubs where you could meet with teachers and staff to share certain topics and ideas that you would like to explore. Yuleisi & Isaac.

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I will support my school by helping out students to share their opinions and making sure they know they have a voice in their education. Also we can give feedback to our teachers som they know what we like.

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The big takeaways from these session is to learn and share things that we want. Also, adults in these session were friendly enough to teach us more about teachers. Sharing and having our own voice helped feel comfortable.

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We can commit to backing up the students who don't have a voice

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We can apply this to our schools with conversations regularly in classroom that Allow a safe space for students and teachers alike

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we can commit to this by discussing more fitting methods of teaching that may feel more comfortable and/or fun for students.

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We are committed to continually enhancing our channels for student voice within the school community. We have strand reps and student government, we have open-door policy for speaking to administrators and we have started course surveys for student feedback on their courses. However, we hope to further this work by opening our minds to new ideas from students for how to enhance their voice.

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We can apply this to our school by teaching other students and communicating with our teachers!

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I think we can apply this in our schools by frequenting students ideas, and making sure that we're honest about what it is we need to learn better.

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A big takeaways is that students need to be able to take the initiative and what students can give critical feedback to teachers about their teaching and the curriculum they teach. As well as what to do in order to be able to properly give feedback.

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Changing standard ways of teaching that often bore students and decreases the participation/ engagement levels. Yuleisi & Isaac

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I want to make changes in my school where students can feel comfortable. Also, we can do teacher students circle to talk about how we can improve our school.

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Building student-teacher relationships could be something as simple as having a teacher just take a few minutes of the class, at least once a week, to ask how one is doing.

Making the activities fun and engaging, can have a great impact. Maybe even having the students create their own fun activity.

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It is important to create a curriculum that takes students’ voices into consideration and the best way to do that is having students be apart of curriculum development. It’s also very important that students have the opportunity to think more critically in the classroom instead of being expected to get work done and then receive a good grade.

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We can talk to teachers that are willing to help students ask more challenging questions about a certain topic. And how that topic can help other students with work that are not easy to answer.

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A big takeaway from this is that students should make suggestions and give feedback to teachers so they can find a common ground that challenges and helps students

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To increase the idea of what subjects will teach than just bare minimum. The teachers show the students of how we will the maximum amount of brain in order to get the best results out of the students in that specific subject.

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What i see as some thing that should be taken away is that students need to be able to take more initiative and have a voice in in not only the school chriculum but school policies and procedures as well, being by these policies and learning tactics effect us the students the most and these changes are more prominent for us (Shaquane Boyce)

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In school there should be a professional relationship between students and teachers because if they can't properly communicate with each other they won't understand what they can work on and/or improve which can hinder a student's learning

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A big take away would be learning ways I can help teachers when applying more challenging question and how students would want to be taught. How students wound want to learn more about themselves and identity.

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As a teacher that works closely with admin, I can ensure that what students share with me is passed along to the respective adult. I can also include student voice in my own classroom. Similarly, I organize students that attend the student consultation meetings with the principal once a month and help them facilitate the agenda for the meeting. I encourage my students to voice their concerns and views daily.
-A.Sarro ( Bayside HS)

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We can apply this into our schools by holding meetings with students and teachers regularly to discuss the curriculum and gain their perspective on improvements that can be made.

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To help students come out of their shells and share their own voice of what they feel about their school and how from their feedback to help make the school a better place for everyone. As well as put in office hours with staff such as guidance counselors who can help them achieve the goal of student's voice.

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I want to apply this in our schools by being able to inform fellow students and classmates on how they have a voice in their school and inform them on how they can give feedback in order to improve the student-teacher bond and improve their own learning.

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Some big takeaways from these sessions are how we take the time to listen to each other respectfully and come together as a whole to come up with solutions.

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We can commit by helping students get their point across and changing some teaching ways in a classroom.

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I will commit to be in a part of school instructional leadership team so I can be part of my school as well as we can discuss what strategies we can use in the classroom to make learning better and more culturally relevant for students.

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Make sure the students understand what is going on engaging more often to show the student voice and have a better experience int he classroom.

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In my school we have office hours to help students do work however we can aslo have office hours for guidance counselors so a student is able to talk to the guidance counselors in school or even after school.

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As a teacher leader, I am constantly looking for ways to involve students in the Work of teacher leadership-- including training students to lead the work of AP-for-All, to set goals, and to engage with their peers around the goals and action plans they have designed. I commit to listening to my three students that went through this process and helping them to plot concrete next steps, to getting them the resources they need to push this work in our school community, and to working to make sure I'm not in their way while they do it.

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BCSM: Ideas/Next Steps for Mr. Callahan, Fatou, and Josh

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BCSM: Ideas/Next Steps for Mr. Callahan, Fatou, and Josh

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We are committed to:

Work hard with teachers to incorporate joy in the school curriculum. Find ways to bring out excellence.

Make classrooms feel more engaging and comfortable for students to develop relationships with teachers.

Implement more choice since we all learn differently.

And work with teachers to collect and address student feedback like Mr. Palacios does via his Friday letters and co-generative dialogues.

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We will speak up and communicate with teachers and other staff about things that can be improved, especially through the meetings that we mentioned before.

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Mr. Manalo (Proud Principal of Afrita and Eman)

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Mr. Manalo (Proud Principal of Afrita and Eman)

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I am committed to making sure student voice has a clear place and amplified in the classroom and instructional decisions. I am committed to making sure that Afrita and Eman are successful in being a part of our ILT.

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To apply what i suggested in the "Think" section to our schools it is rather simple as for many schools we are already doing it what im refering to is the student goverment i firmly belive that more power should be given to the student goverment when it comes to making decisions on behalf of the student body as they are ment to represent the voice of the student body by sitting down with the student goverment and having a civil discusion we can allow for students to voice their concerns and opnions and changes they want to see (Shaquane Boyce)

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I will commit to supporting students that want to spread ideas they feel are right. Listening to different ideas can be helpful because you could understand where the person is coming from and how the idea and make an impact.

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The big takeaways we were able to take in through out the sessions was seeing how different students work through out a class , for example most students enjoy learning lessons that are engaging,thus making lessons more intractable rather than just sitting down and listening to a teacher.                                                          Many students would also feel more engaged if were able to talk about the thing's surrounding about them , for example I feel like its valuable to talk about mental health , or serious things that are  going on in the world , rather than just moving on and go on with the lesson .      -Ashley P.

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The big takeaways we were able to take in through out the sessions was seeing how different students work through out a class , for example most students enjoy learning lessons that are engaging,thus making lessons more intractable rather than just sitting down and listening to a teacher.                                                          Many students would also feel more engaged if were able to talk about the thing's surrounding about them , for example I feel like its valuable to talk about mental health , or serious things that are  going on in the world , rather than just moving on and go on with the lesson .      -Ashley P.

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I will commit towards spreading word to inform others on how they can provide feedback and their opinions to their teachers about their teachers' teachings, the curriculum the students are learning in order to improve their learning experience for the benefit of the students and the teachers.

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We should have surveys given out by teachers to allow students to be able to commit by giving the teacher feedback for their class and not just generalize the students classes as a whole.

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We will commit to having our students report to ILT and present their takeaways from these sessions. We will also have students present to fellow students and bring them into the work. We will continually strive to incorporate student voice into our planning.

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We could have discussions about these certain topics , more lessons that are intractable , for example like pair/group work. Check-in's for students , for how they're feeling or what's going on .

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We can apply this by having things like google forms where students can communicate to teachers what they think they will benefit from and what will challenge them and the teachers can add certain aspects to lessons based on feedback

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We commit to making time for students to provide regular input to school-wide needs and interests and to organizing more ways for teachers to do so in their classrooms across the building. Student need and interests drive where we commit resources and it's important to get student input about how things are going. Regular meetings, leaders being visible and receptive to listening, and ensuring that all teachers have the ability to elicit input from students with purpose and sincerity.

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Try to make sure each student is heard rather than silenced , that each student is comfortable with their surroundings by building a safe community in the school .

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We provide our students with several opportunities to voice their opinions, share their ideas, and provide feedback on different aspects of their experience. In addition to student surveys about student activities and course offerings, we host a community meeting every month for each grade level and we have a strong advisory program where students can discuss issues with their peers in a small group setting.
Although we let our students know about the open door policy of our support staff and administration to assist the students, we can further extend these resources through  offering office hours after school where students can speak with someone in an informal setting, and bring up issues of concern or discuss personal issues that they are experiencing.

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We learned that comfort plays a big role in the classroom and that students work better in a collaborative and comfortable environment.
- Tiffany and Therese

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The answer to this question ties backs to the statements i made in the "Think" and "Act" sections. The implementation of student goverment in schools allows for students to have a voice in the decisions made in schools (Shaquane Boyce)

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At our school, we are going to commit to bringing this conversation to the rest of our staff and leadership to establish a concrete plan for collecting more student feedback from our student body. We plan to look at this valuable information as a staff and create a plan to incorporate our students' voices into curriculum planning.

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I am so excited that Jayden and Marcquee are going to join our teacher PD committee where we develop curriculum and best practices across the school. I think their voices will be so valuable!

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I am so excited that Jayden and Marcquee are going to join our teacher PD committee where we develop curriculum and best practices across the school. I think their voices will be so valuable!

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It was wonderful to hear from Bryan, Daquan and Nicole about their experiences in this process. One big takeaway that I want to commit to is making sure that all students feel connected to what they are learning in all classes through relationship building with staff and teachers. One way we look forward to including this is through our student government by allowing students to share their experiences and then work together to proactively make suggestions for improvement which can help shift curriculum in ways that serve all students well.

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We are committed to bringing Elsa and Khissaiyia to our staff meetings to share their feedback and ideas of how we can improve our instructional practices. We commit to building more spaces where students can share their voice and also collaborate with us to create solutions. We commit to supporting both our students in developing their voices and our teachers in developing their instruction that is more inclusive of identity and joy.

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I have committed to working with my teacher leaders to bring our students to the academic planning table in a systematic/structured way

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Woops...I put this comment in the kids section...I am still a kid at heart.