Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year!Social Equity Campaign
In addition to our intentional academic curricular frameworks, SLLIS has an intentional campaign to increase social capital for all of our students. Each element is designed to meet student needs and to prepare them for long-term success as they grow into independent adults.
The Social Equity Campaign addresses three primary domains:
- Self-Discipline
- Vocabulary Development
- Formal Dress
Self-Discipline
Yoga
In addition to weekly Physical Education, all students have weekly lessons in yoga nad helathy choices. Our yoga practice is non-religious and uses child-friendly vocabulary to introduce classic poses, breathes and flows. During yoga all students learn to identify different states of being and how they can bridege anxious, agitated states with calm states of being.
Vocabulary Development
Lunch Bunch
Students eat their meals in a group of their peers and one adult (10:1). This provides a relaxed atmosphere to learn about nutrition choices, table etiquette and each other. Teachers reinforce polite vocabulary and provide additional opportunities for vocabulary input and extended discourse. In upper elementary grades students learn how to facilitate their own lunch conversations in the immersion language.
Book Club
Book Club provides 40 minutes of English literacy support to students at all grade levels. Book Club is held after school and students are in small groups (maximum 10:1) and work on English language literacy skills. Students may be assigned to Book Club as part of their Title I Reading support, some students may be encouraged to participate in the non-Title I Book Club, or families may elect to participate in Book Club. Similar to our Balanced Literacy instruction in the immersion language during the school day, Book Club includes Read-Alouds, leveled independent readers, vocabulary games and literacy activities. The Read-Aloud format allows the Book Club leader to introduce chapter books with more challenging vocabulary to further assist students in enriching their English language comprehension skills.
Formal Dress
Our uniform expectation provides all students the opportunity to learn how to dress appropriately fora variety of situations. Ultimately, SLLIS students will learn how their dress impacts their audience and how SLLIS has three versions of the uniform that students at every grade level wear each week:
- The typical school day uniform requires a button-up collared shirt and a tie.
- The PE/Yoga day uniform requires a collared polo-style shirt and athletic shoes.
- The formal uniform requires a navy blazer in addition to the typical school day uniform.