¡Bienvenidos al Equipo de Diversidad Casey!
Welcome to the Casey Diversity Team!
(Presionar aquí para Español)
The Casey Diversity Team is a group of parents and staff who meet monthly to address diversity and equity issues at Casey and to plan events. We work closely with the PTA, the Latino Parent group, the administration, and staff members to support a variety of programs and events at Casey Middle School.
OUR MISSION: To help address issues of inequity in our schools and community by providing programming and resources for families and the parent community.
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Be role models for our children.
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Raise awareness among parents.
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Reduce the segregation between groups.
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Share the power and privilege.
MEETINGS: We meet for one hour on the 1st (sometimes 2nd) Thursday of each month.
We vary the time of the meetings in order to accommodate a range of schedules. We meet at Casey.
Meetings scheduled for the 2011-2012 school year:
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August 18, 3pm
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September 8, 5:30 pm
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October 6, 3 p.m.
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November 3, TBD
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January 5, TBD
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February 2, TBD
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March 1 or March 8, TBD
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April 5, TBD
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May 4, TBD
We welcome all members of the Casey community to our meetings
and rely on the entire Casey community to help us reach our mission.
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Please contact us with questions or concerns:
Sherry Taylor-Goodall, a bilingual contact (303-902-3431) or Jane Enterline
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History of Casey Diversity Team
The BVSD Equity Office trained parents from Casey, Platt, Heatherwood, Douglas and Manhattan in cultural awareness/diversity issues in the fall of 2008. Casey and Platt formed a joint Parent Diversity Leadership Team.
District’s Goal: to improve the school climate, lower the dropout and suicide rates, lessen the achievement gap, and reduce the barriers to success for less dominant groups in our community.
The Equity Office has since been cut by the District.
Equity Concepts and Goals: The team is working to raise awareness about a range of diversity issues, including race; ethnicity: culture, religion, language; ability; gender; sexuality; income; educational level; body size. Dominant groups have more power, privilege, and status in the community. Kids who are not in the dominant group are at higher risk to drop out and achieve less.
The Casey Diversity Team has continued to meet, support school-wide efforts, and organize events. Past efforts at Casey include:
· Presented “Immigration Stories” – an evening designed to buld community and understanding between diverse families and parents at Casey. Read more.
· Coordinated joint meetings of PTA and Latino Parent Meeting
· Supported LA staff with Socratic Seminars/Powerful Words
· Co-sponsored events with PEN, RER, SIT, PTA, and Counselors
o Reading to End Racism (RER) session for Parents / get parents trained
o “Celebrate Parenting in a Diverse World” presentation
· 360 leaders and staff, and PTA parents invited to Bias Workshop
by de la Cruz
· Mix It Up Event for parents from Casey and Platt and interest survey
· Provided resources for the school
o Helped get RER and ADL diversity reading list books in
Platt library
o Donated copies of A People’s History of US to library
o Signed up teachers for Teaching Tolerance magazine and curriculum ideas
· Educate parents about diversity issues in the Parent Newsletter
· Support of Sarah Sierra and Latino Parent Meeting