10 | ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | ANNUAL REPORT 2023–2024
elements of our underlying culture that exists in the Acton-Boxborough school community which allows hate and bias speech to be perpetuated. This year, the group took action steps to focus on training educators to interrupt hate and bias at all the schools, as well as, revising and strengthening protocols for responding to Hate and Bias incidents.
Combat Hate and Bias Speech is a group of dedicated students, educa- tors, families, community members and administrators who hold influential leadership positions within our school community and are committed to combating hate and bias incidents and speech in our school community. The Leadership Coalition sought to combat
enhancing social and emotional skills and addressing experienced trauma. We are grateful for DESE’s support in providing this critical and impactful service to our students and families. LEADERSHIP COALITION Acton-Boxborough Regional School District’s Leadership Coalition to
ABRC has been the central location for coordinating community support for the residents of Acton’s Emergency Shelter. Thanks to the generosity of the commu- nity, ABRC put together robust bags of holiday gifts for each of the 21 children then living at the shelter. Through ABRC, volunteers have been trained and are now offering English Lessons five days a week at the shelter. Additional initiatives include pop-up clothing shops at the shelter, coordination of volunteers to help with transportation and offering of enriching children’s activities on-site. DESE’S PROMOTING SAFE AND HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: ELEVATING STUDENT VOICE AND WELL- BEING GRANT We are pleased to announce that the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District has been awarded the DESE’s Promoting Safe and Healthy Learning Environments: Elevating Student Voice and Well-Being Grant of $40,000. This grant will enable us to provide counseling services to support the men- tal health and well-being of newcomer and homeless students. Recognizing that our students and families are bur- dened by traumatic experiences from their migration journeys, we emphasize the importance of incorporating trauma- informed practices in our educational approaches to support their emotional and psychological needs. Due to delays in insurance benefits, we understand there is limited to no access to counsel- ing services, which are essential for
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