Parent Orientation Ideas by Ms. Chaloner https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la Grace Church Parent Forum en-us 2020-07-27 18:06:35 UTC 2025-10-25 04:12:02 UTC hello@padlet.com More Black and Hispanic students https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664486978 Parents should pressure the admins and admissions folks to seek out more Black and Hispanic students.]]> 2020-07-28 22:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664486978 Onboarding anti-racist training https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487200 Why have we not implemented mandatory Onboarding anti-racist for new families?  Isn’t that a powerful weeding out function?

]]> 2020-07-28 22:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487200 Parents, esp white parents, should be open to educating themselves about their own internalized racist beliefs. This does not necessarily mean that they are "racists", but that they may have racist ideas that they should evaluate and work to change. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487285 2020-07-28 22:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487285 Opportunities to share how we identify..racial, gender, sexual orientation, family make-up... https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487429 2020-07-28 22:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487429 more faculty of color https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487434 2020-07-28 22:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487434 Ask EC parents to commit to attending at least one zoom book group that's talking about a book on the anti-racism list https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487497 2020-07-28 22:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487497 Parents need to commit to believing the teachers and admin. if they were informed that their child was engaging in microaggressions or being blatantly racist. Then they need to have the tough conversations and teach them how to be kind and caring human beings towards othwers that are different from them. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487500 2020-07-28 22:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487500 Conversations between parents regarding uncomfortable situations should not be avoided https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487604 2020-07-28 22:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487604 I dont understand why one person or race thinks they are superior to another. Race and class do not define a human. How is this idea learned? https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487608 2020-07-28 22:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487608 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487756 Commit to discussions at home with your children about both micro aggression and macro]]> 2020-07-28 22:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487756 commit to attending community based diversity meetings for one year. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487762 2020-07-28 22:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487762 Opportunity for parents to really hear from black students and faculty directly - honest conversations where we listen. Maybe a pledge we all sign? a commitment we all make that we actually sign? https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487774 2020-07-28 22:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487774 Wish more would walk the talk https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487813 2020-07-28 22:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487813 Parents need to be response to hearing criticism about their kids, esp w/r to feedback about race, identity, LGBTQ, micro and macro aggression. Kids are learning, they need feedback. We, as adults, are learning too and need feedback about our inherent biases. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487962 2020-07-28 22:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487962 Our breakout group expressed support for the idea of parent/family onboarding. For me, I thought about a workshop that my colleagues and I attended for work, Undoing Racism, which is led by the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond. https://www.pisab.org/ The workshop was great because while it teaches based on historical facts, the experiences of those participating in the workshop are also useful in learning about each other and the need for anti-racist efforts. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487976 2020-07-28 22:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487976 The biggest obstacle to convince our black and Latino friends to come to Grace was the lack of diversity in the lower school - let’s commit to change the make up of the incoming class to reflect the make up of the city. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487991 2020-07-28 22:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664487991 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488010 Examine your own bias and work on them.  We all have them.  ]]> 2020-07-28 22:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488010 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488057  More openness to others differences.]]> 2020-07-28 22:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488057 Common language and frame that affirms what we're trying to create not just what we are trying to dismantle. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488160 2020-07-28 22:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488160 I am a Parent of Color https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488164 Rather than look at my differences, be genuinely interested in relating to me and identifying our commonalities ]]> 2020-07-28 22:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488164 onboarding for existing parents as well - not just new families https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488327 2020-07-28 22:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488327 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488333 Employ more black and Latino faculty.  Children should see an array of faculty that looks like them.]]> 2020-07-28 22:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488333 Resources for talking with other parents and with our children about racial and other social justice events. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488459 2020-07-28 22:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488459 As a family we read books and discuss them. "The Hate You Give." "Getting Away with Murder." are two that we've used to discuss civil rights movement and racism. karenmmcclellan https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488490 2020-07-28 22:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488490 After mandatory anti-racism onboarding -- which would be such a great addition! -- perhaps each family could commit to attending one evening dialogue like this one each year https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488825 2020-07-28 22:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488825 Are we committed? https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488828 Do we think that the parent body is committed to doing the work to change the make-up of the school and the perspectives shared by black students?]]> 2020-07-28 22:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488828 Commit to have uncomfortable conversations regarding systemic racism https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488916 2020-07-28 22:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488916 It would be great if Grace had parent advisories, not by grade, across grades, so one per set of parents. We could meet regularly with a Grace facilitator and discuss these issues and others that are more psycho-social-emotional rather than educational per se. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488979 (I am basing this on the small group break-out for parents across grades was wonderful.)]]> 2020-07-28 22:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664488979 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489182 Required summer reading for ALL parents on race such as How to be an antiracist and then mandatory attendance of a discussion meeting (in person orzoom) to discuss the book in the fall ]]> 2020-07-28 22:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489182 saying somethng nice about people of color on Black at Grace is amazing! https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489210 2020-07-28 22:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489210 A much deeper commitment to diversity, and recruitment of students of color. Early childhood should be as diverse as the high school. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489222 2020-07-28 22:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489222 We admit a huge number of students with learning differences and this also an arena to discuss equity. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489267

]]> 2020-07-28 22:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489267 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489284  As parents we should commit to continue the conversation here with our children about respecting other cultures and differences.]]> 2020-07-28 22:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489284 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489322 Update the reading within the curriculum!  ]]> 2020-07-28 22:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489322 Fostering cross-racial communications https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489585 Assign parents into groups consisting of both POC and white parents for periodic discussions addressing racial issues]]> 2020-07-28 22:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489585 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489589 It has to start in early Ed and middle school because I feel by the time high school it’s too late. ]]> 2020-07-28 22:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489589 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489593 More than statistics about Grace and the anti-racism initiatives, there should be examples provided to new parents as well as prospective parents of how the school is both broadening its scope but narrowing it's focus in specific areas.  Stories would be a good way to add to this. ]]> 2020-07-28 22:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489593 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489603 We definitely need to recognize that this moment calls for WHITE people to do the work.

]]> 2020-07-28 22:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489603 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489912 Have new high school parents sign the honor code their students agree to follow.

]]> 2020-07-28 22:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489912 Comfort zones https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489973 We all need to commit to actively meet parents who are not in our ‘clique’. We have to find a format that allows for parents to meet more than just the parents  who live in the same zipcode.]]> 2020-07-28 22:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664489973 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664490062 Have all parents sign the diversity mission statement every year to remind them of what grace is about ]]> 2020-07-28 22:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664490062 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664490174 We need to celebrate more than MLK day to show the broad contributions of people of color ]]> 2020-07-28 22:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664490174 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664490420 We need to share resources that will promote sensitivity to all parents. ]]> 2020-07-28 22:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664490420 How do we dismantle anti-Blackness in Multi-racial families? https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664598801 Make space for the  examining and undoing of how we  center whiteness and devalue or erase blackness.]]> 2020-07-29 01:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/664598801 Commit to examining the policies of legacy admissions at Grace. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/666163077 Are there current policies which actively work against diversity? How can those change?]]> 2020-07-30 21:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/666163077 https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/666175454 We need a more diverse board. More faculty of color. There must be consequences and accountability for actions at the every level. Anti-racist training and continuing PA education for parents. ]]> 2020-07-30 21:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/666175454 More diversity at the helm of the School - on the BOT, Faculty and Staff - only then the incoming students will learn the power of coming together and changing all that needs to change for a just and powerful society. Unity makes us ALL stronger and human. https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/666548891 2020-07-31 12:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kchaloner/byupjsxstw9vz9la/wish/666548891