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New Staff Academy Loop Equity
A
That
means
hello.
My
name
is
amanda
mendoza
in
my
ancestors
language
I
am
muskogee
creek,
choctaw
and
cherokee,
and
also
european,
and
I
teach
pre-k
here
at
mckinley,
who
was
our
cafeteria
helper,
yeah,
yep
and
who's
our
schedule
helper
today.
The
pre-k
program
is
designed
to
be
developmentally
appropriate
for
four
and
five-year-olds.
A
Students
are
learning
skills
through
play
and
inquiry,
wonder
and
discovery
they're
working
on
the
habits
of
mind,
things
like
collaboration
and
communication
and
we're
also
incorporating
early
literacy
and
math
skills,
mckinley's
been
on
their
learning
journey
with
senate
bill.
13
tribal
history
shared
history
for
a
year
now,
and
we've
done
that
through
professional
development
opportunities,
teachers
have
been
taking
their
learning
into
their
own
classrooms
in
the
early
grades
and
pre-k
in
kindergarten.
We
do
a
lot
of
work
around
identity
and
community
in
the
middle
grades.
B
Good
remember
to
add
that
one
leave
it
down
there.
You
go
so
we're
still
going
to
do
one
two
and
three
four,
but
now
we're
just
getting
the
bottom
four
strings,
meaning
the
four
closest
to
your
feet.
Here
we
go.
Let's
do
it
today
in
instrumental
music
studio,
we're
on
our
fourth
day
of
the
guitar
unit,
so
we're
going
to
be
giving
the
students
some
basic
techniques,
we'll
be
talking
about
learning,
chords
and
how
to
place
your
hands
and
then
also
using
that
to
play
songs.
C
So
at
first
I
was
super
nervous
because
I
didn't
know
anything
but
pretty
much
like
this
kit
and
I
always
say
in
the
front:
that's
my
spot
and
then
you
can
hear
yourself
playing
back.
It's
crazy
to
see
progress
and
I've
always
really
loved
music,
my
entire
life
and
now
I
feel
like
it's
more
woven
into
me
because
of
what
I've
learned
and
how
far
I've
come.
D
We
started
really
recognizing
that
our
music
programs,
though
amazing
and
rich
and
valuable
for
our
students,
we're
not
representing
all
of
our
students,
especially
as
the
demographic
at
the
beaverton
school
district,
continued
to
change,
and
we
started
to
understand
more
about
equitable
practices
and
inclusions.
It
just
felt
so
glaring.
There
was
a
whole
gap
for
students
who
were
musicians
or
who
wanted
to
become
musicians,
who
hadn't
had
the
privilege
of
prior
experience
or
private
lessons
coming
into
our
school
system.
E
E
F
I
like
about
this
class,
is
like
we
all
get
together.
We
play
together,
we
like
learn
together
and
we
just
like
support
each
other.
I
never
thought
of
joining
like
ben,
but
this
class
I
got
interested
because,
like
they
have
guitars
a
lot
of
basses
drums,
they
have
everything
I
like
to
be
playing
music,
that
I'm
interested
in.
G
What
I
appreciate
the
most
about
mr
thompson
is
the
way
he
teaches
the
class,
his
energy
and
his
personality,
and
whenever
I
go
to
instrumental
music
studio,
I'm
always
just
excited
because
it
feels
like
one
more
aspect
of
learning
something
for
myself
and
I
always
kind
of
tried
to
look
for
an
outlet
that
was
free
of
judgment
and
going
into
this
class
every
day
is
genuinely
the
highlight
of
my
day.
It's
the
one
class
I
always
look
forward
to,
and
just
because
there's
no
pressure
at
all.
It's
genuinely
just
me
pursuing
my
love
for
music.
B
Those
little
things
that
happen.
Okay,
we
learned
four
chords
on
ukulele
or
something
it's
like
wait.
I
can
play
a
song,
that's
so
empowering
and
so
beautiful
right,
that's
something
they
can
take
with
them
and
music's
something
you
can
do
your
whole
life
and
it's
it's
cool
to
just
give
them
the
tools
and
see
that
awakening
of
wait.
I
can
do
this.
J
K
We
have
our
fabric,
our
mod
podge,
our
paint
brushes
back
over
there
and
then
we're
also
going
to
be
doing
our
art
for
the
retirement
community
brookdale
right
here
in
our
l
monica
community.
So
I
think
these
are
all
perfect
opportunities
for
us
to
continue
to
spread
kindness
this
month,
which
is
our
whole
goal.
Yeah
all
right,
ready
to
get
started,
yeah
awesome.
Let's
go.
K
Our
school
decided
to
make
a
shift
from
celebrating
valentine's
day
to
something
a
little
bit
like
a
week-long
celebration
of
kindness
we're
stretching
ours
to
the
month.
I
had
kids
vote
on
different
activities.
They
wanted
to
do
all
month.
Long
and
today
we're
focused
on
making
love,
rocks
letters
to
soldiers
and
art
for
a
local
retirement
community.
M
N
Part
of
our
week
of
kindness-
and
today
we
are
writing
letters
to
soldiers
and
elders.
I
made
a
lion
and
it's
trying
to
get
through
this
maze,
so
they
have
something
to
do.
It
says
hello.
I
hope
you
are
having
a
great
day.
I
thought
you
would
like
this
and
then
it
says
I
am
lying
help
me
through
this
maze.
O
The
beaverton
school
district
is
proud
to
announce
the
creation
of
the
verna
bayley,
be
the
change
scholarship.
The
purpose
of
this
award
is
to
honor
the
rich
legacy
of
the
work
of
verna
bailey
in
our
school
district
and
to
amplify
the
voices
of
middle
school
students
of
color
who
are
currently
in
our
district.
I
O
The
verna
bailey
be
the
change
award
is
meant
for
students
of
color
who
are
currently
attending
sixth
or
seventh
grade
in
the
beaverton
school
district,
who
believe
that
building
empathy
for
others,
increasing
racial
awareness
and
promoting
social
justice
are
crucial
elements
to
foster
a
just
and
supportive
community
for
all
people
to
experience,
students
will
create
a
project
in
their
seventh
or
eighth
grade
year.
With
assistance
of
a
faculty
advisor,
a
monetary
award
of
up
to
two
hundred
dollars
will
be
granted
to
be
used
by
the
successful
candidate
to
help
accomplish
their
project
goals.
O
P
Q
P
When
I'm
rolling
this,
I
get
like
a
nice,
even
sticky,
sound
and
it
gets
all
over
my
brayer.
So
today
in
class
we
were
learning
about
the
native
and
invasive
plant
species
that
surround
us.
So
we
collected
some
of
the
different
plant
species
from
outside.
So
we've
got
like
our
white
oaks
and
our
black
oak
and
cascara,
and
then
we
were
using
gelatin
printmaking
to
create
our
prints
that
are
out
on
the
mural.
P
S
H
The
self-portrait
project
came
out
of
our
week
of
welcome.
We
knew
that
we
wanted
to
build
off
the
avar
work
we
had
done
last
year,
celebrating
individuals
and
different
backgrounds
of
students
and
their
identities
here
at
raleigh
hills.
So
one
of
the
first
events
was,
we
hosted
the
author,
isabelle
quintero
via
zoom
and
classroom
teachers
had
read
the
book
and
had
discussions
about
the
book
with
their
classes,
and
then
she
came
in
as
an
author
visit.
H
We
thought
it
would
be
nice
to
have
an
opportunity
for
kids
to
present
how
they
see
themselves,
because
identity
was
a
big
part
of
her
story.
First,
we
did
a
lesson
on
what
a
self-portrait
is
and
we
gave
students
an
opportunity
to
choose
a
skin
tone
and
then
present
things
that
could
visually
be
seen
about
themselves
and
then
other
parts
of
who
they
are
that
they
could
include
in
a
portrait.
T
U
U
I
have
pretty
distinct
memories
of
trying
to
sneak
down
here
with
my
friends
because
it
was
a
really
cool,
quiet,
foresty
spot
that
not
many
students
went.
I
came
here
sometimes
in
my
free
time
by
myself
and
I
just
hang
out
when
I
wasn't
in
the
school.
I've
been
walking
down
here
on
the
boardwalk
a
couple
times,
and
this
is
the
first
time
I've
actually
been
to
this
spot
in
about
three
years.
U
I
am
a
descendant
of
a
tribal
member.
We
are
members
of
the
confederated
salish
and
kootenai
tribe,
of
the
flathead
indian
reservation.
It's
located
in
montana.
I
don't
know
much
about
the
tribe
itself,
because
the
history
just
isn't
really
there.
Now
these
earrings,
I
made
these
last
night
actually
because
I
wanted
a
cool
bead
piece
to
wear
for
this.
Video
beadwork
was
something
I
picked
up
over
quarantine
because
you
know
I
finally
had
time
to
actually
connect
to
my
culture.
As
a
native
student,
I
do
think
it
is
important
to
feel
valued.
U
Considering
I
didn't
know
much
about
columbus
until
I
took
apus
history
last
year.
It
was
definitely
something
I
was
always
blind
to
columbus
day.
Wasn't
really
a
holiday
that
I
knew
about.
It
was
just
oh
cool
day
off
of
school,
that's
that's
pretty
cool
and
then,
when
I
learned
about
what
happened-
and
you
know
the
absolute
genocide
that
native
american
peoples
as
a
whole
went
through,
I
don't
think
he
was
a
person
to
be
celebrated.
U
I
think,
though,
there
has
been
a
lot
of
support
on
social
media
with
people
switching
over
to
calling
it
indigenous
people's
day.
It
feels
good
to
be
recognized.
It
feels
good
that
that
genocide
did
not
go
unheard
of,
and
it
feels
good
that
people
know
what
happened
in
the
past
and
acknowledge
that
and
acknowledge
that
what
happened?
Wasn't?
Okay,
you
know
indigenous
people
they're
we're
still
here.
V
I
teach
kindergarten
at
sato
elementary
school.
They
say
that
mata
is
all
things
that
make
up
the
universe,
energy
stars
space
today
I
did
a
lesson
on
multiculturality
and
skin
colors.
So
we
read
the
book
all
because
you
matter
and
we
talked
about
how
what
qualities
make
us
unique
and
special,
and
I
had
them,
do
some
thinking
about
what
one
quality
made
them
stand
out
from
everybody
else.
The
words
you
matter
means
that
you
are
important:
you're,
valued,
you're,
cherished
people
love
you
and
there
are
special
qualities.
V
Look
around
the
room.
Does
anyone
look
like
you?
Kids
have
great
deep
thoughts,
and
after
we
read,
we
wrote
down
what
our
one
quality
was.
That
makes
us
super
special,
and
why
is
it
the
way
you
are
so
good
to
friends?
Is
it
how
you
make
people
feel?
What
is
it
about
you?
That
makes
you
so
special
after
that
was
done?
We
pulled
out
our
ipads,
took
a
selfie
and
then
tried
to
do
a
self-portrait
matching
multicultural
crayons
to
our
skin
color
our
eyes,
our
hair
and
things
like
that.
V
I
have
black
and
brown
children
in
my
classroom
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
they
know
that
they're,
special
and
they're
unique
it
doesn't
matter
what
color
they
are
it
matters
who
they
are.
Essentially
it
comes
down
to
just
appreciating
each
other's
differences
and
knowing
that
together
we're
better.