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We commit to pushing ourselves to become a model anti-racist, anti-white supremacist, anti-oppressive school. We commit to figuring out ways to become more liberating and equitable and unifying. We commit to investigating and then implementing ways we can make our school, our classrooms, our systems more just and respectful. We commit to continuall... y caring about your emotions, your feelings, and your thoughts and providing opportunities in all facets of our school to hear your voices. We commit to partnering with you in even great, more substantive and impactful ways. We commit to implementing even more culturally connective and responsive mechanisms in our classrooms and school. We commit to developing even newer and fresher ways to celebrate you, to love you up, and to honor your efforts, achievements and positive behaviors. We commit to celebrating all of our community ' s cultures and backgrounds, not just when convenient or popular, but sincerely and in earnest. We commit to providing you even more ways to achieve your potential and realize the vast opportunities you have to be great and successful and impactful. We commit to continually honing how we hold you accountable so it finds that perfect balance of high expectations and supports. We commit to engaging you in constant awareness about political candidates, local and national policies and especially the fall president election!!! And we commit to continually looking at ourselves as a staff community, and investigating and improving our own biases, stereotypes, shortcomings and flaws limit you, so that we can change them to better empower you. Now, BCAM students specifically, please be clear. Please be on notice. Yes, this is a letter sharing these commitments. And we will follow through on them as best we can. But as we say to you all the time as our daily partners, we expect you to commit as well . We expect from you! We want your best effort. We want you to be positive community members who care about your school, our rules and our expectations. ...Read More