G Goal 3: APS will actively ensure equitable access for each student to an inclusive, culturally responsive education that reflects the diverse backgrounds, needs, and interests of our community.
We define culturally responsive practices as acknowledging and understanding our students' diverse backgrounds as assets. This includes recognizing their academic strengths, challenges, socioeconomic status, culture, race, ethnicity, and identity in order to optimize student learning and nurture individual success. Through this approach, students feel connected and engaged with their learning experiences and build stronger relationships with those around them, resulting in positive gains in and out of school.
Over the past twenty years, the demographics of the Attleboro Public School community have become more diverse. See chart below from the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education School and District Profiles.
As a result of this positive change, we have an opportunity to embrace asset-based practices that are committed to sustaining the cultural identity of our students and families while proactively investigating barriers and challenges they face. When multiple viewpoints and perspectives are seen as learning opportunities, we can create classroom environments that develop and affirm the broad knowledge that our students already have and strengthen the school community.
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