Equity Council
Mission Statement:
Our goal as a Diversity Council is to confront racism and all forms of bias, reinvent school culture, and foster a strong sense of belonging among ALL students, staff, and family at Lake Oswego High School.
We plan to accomplish this goal by…
- Making the invisible, visible, and by making representation of diversity of gender, race, sexual orientation, and neurodiversity a priority.
- Promoting curriculum that reflects the broad, beautiful range of humanity in our classrooms.
- Equipping students with cultural fluency and empathetic understanding.
- Insisting that discriminatory behavior is dealt with swiftly and effectively.
- Advocating for the clear communication of the expectation of tolerant, respectful behavior by all the citizens of Lake Oswego High School.
- Teaching through compassionate conversation, modeling through respectful behavior, and by affirming support for diversity on all fronts.
- Celebrating and honoring the long continuum of culture, ensuring that all feel welcome and included in all aspects of school.
Community Norms
- Honor confidentiality
- Note your surprise and check for bias
- Be comfortable with silence
- Assume positive intent
- Speak from the “I” perspective
- Listen to listen, then respond
- Take risks
- Be fully present
- Lean into discomfort
- Be patient with the process of others
- Be succinct
- Do not use names when telling stories
- Suspend judgement of self and others
- If you need to process anything later that arises with someone, do not do it electronically