Saeger Middle School
St. Charles, MO
All the pomp of a parade and the organization of an international expo go into the preparations for Saeger Middle School’s annual Celebration of Nations, an event during which students, teachers, parents, and the community come together to celebrate the variety of backgrounds represented by Saeger’s 6th, 7th, and 8th graders and their families. More...
Brian Schick, Principal
636-851-5600 brian.schick@fhsdschools.org
Type 4 | Middle Grades | Multicultural Awareness
Park Middle School
Kennewick, WA
Previously uninvolved parents at Park Middle School showed just how enthusiastic they could be about partnering with the school, given the right opportunity. That opportunity came when the school’s Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) invited its Spanish-speaking parents to help plan a celebration for Cinco de Mayo. More...
Vikki Dolman, Literacy Coach/NNPS Co-Chair
509-222-6900 vikki.dolman@ksd.org/ dave.elkins@ksd.org
Type 5 | Middle Grades | Multicultural Awareness
Bollman Bridge Elementary School
Jessup, MD
Staff, students and families at Bollman Bridge Elementary School learned firsthand the meaning of “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child.” In their case, however, it took a community and many of its resources to help 25 families from Burma relocate and acclimate to their new homes in Maryland. More...
Laurel Conran, EOL Team Leader
410-880-5920 Laurel_Conran@hcpss.org
Type 3 | Elementary | Multicultural Awareness
Howe School
Green Bay, WI
With most of its students living within a two-mile radius of the school, Howe Elementary is truly a neighborhood school. What its Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) discovered, however, was that student connections to, and within, the neighborhood were almost non-existent. Get To Know Your Neighbor Night was designed to highlight and celebrate the neighborhood’s diver-sity and bring people together for dinner and activities. More...
Kelly Karls, AmeriCorps VISTA/Program Coordinator
920-448-7340 kkarls@greenbay.k12.wi.us
Type 1 | Elementary | Multicultural Awareness
Roberts Elementary School
Wayne, PA
Roberts Elementary has the good fortune of being close to the city of Philadelphia, a city with a wealth of colleges and universities. Students in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades at Roberts were part of a year-long, three-school partnership practice in concert with Temple University and the University of Kuwait. Working directly with a team of students from Temple’s Media Literacy Lab, students learned about cultural stereotyping, did research about countries in the Middle East, and surveyed their family members about cultural stereotypes in both the Middle East and the United States. More...
Sharon Kuznick, Principal
610-205-3750 skuznick@umasd.org
Type 6 | Elementary | Multicultural Awareness
Roosevelt Elementary School
St. Paul, MN
For the last two years at Roosevelt Elementary, the Partnership Action Team has fostered the growth of a collaborative council for African American families. Dubbed Harambee Family Nights—from a Swahili word that translates to “all pull together”—this series serves the overall goal of engaging, connecting, and supporting families in promoting the health, safety, and success of their children. The group works to create a more culturally responsive environment within the school community for African American families and thereby support higher student achievement. More...
Christine Cardinal, Parent Educator
651-293-8655 christine.cardinal@spps.org
Type 5 | Elementary | Multicultural Awareness
Phalen Lake Hmong Studies Magnet
Saint Paul, MN
For the 2008–09 school year, the Saint Paul School District designated Phalen Lake as the district’s first-ever Hmong Studies Magnet school. For the past several years, Phalen Lake has hosted a Hmong New Year celebration, featuring food and performances from students in its Hmong Culture classes. Another established practice, the Core Knowledge Showcase events, gave students an opportunity to show family members what they had been learning. The Family Involvement Committee at Phalen Lake integrated these two existing practices—and expanded them—when it introduced the first Hmong New Year and Hmong Studies Showcase. More...
Mary Sellers, Home School Liaison/Family Involvement
651-293-8935 mary.sellers@spps.org
Type 2 | Elementary | Multicultural Awareness
Shelton Park Elementary School
Virginia Beach, VA
China was the setting for this year’s Multi-cultural Math-Literacy Night at Shelton Park Elementary. Students and their families enjoyed the sights, sounds, and tastes of the far-away land as they worked to build the students’ mathematics and literacy skills. The focal point of the event was an engaging tale, Grandfather Tang’s Story, around which the school’s mathematics and literacy coaches built the event to show families and community members different learning strategies using literature and practical math activities. More...
Judith Middleton, Kindergarten Teacher
757-460-7577 jtmiddle@vbschools.com
Type 4 | Elementary | Multicultural Awareness
Becky-David Elementary School
St. Charles, MO
Passports in hand, students and families got a local dose of international travel at the Becky-David Elementary first-ever Cultural Awareness Family Night, which centered on the theme Viewing the World through the Eyes of Becky-David. As they passed from station to station—representing the different cultural backgrounds that can be found among Becky-David families—they received stamps indicating a new understanding of the ethnic tapestry making up the student body. More...
Maria Digrispino, Assistant Principal
636-851-4241 maria.digrispino@fhsdschools.org
Type 2 | Elementary | Multicultural Awareness