Thursday, December 10, 2009

Achievement Gap and Palmer Scholarship

Seniors spent the entire period working on their Palmer Scholarship. They also have the Foss Scholarship which is due next week. Their Achiever counselor said they have to turn in all of their college applications before Winter Break. They need to get busy!

Juniors continued their look at the Tacoma Achievement Gap Report. They started to get mad today. I think hearing the findings of the report made them realize that that it really is true. It's all stuff they have experienced or seen but I think seeing it in writing verifies that these things are truly happening across the board and that they are unacceptable.

We also had a conversation about their peers telling them they aren't "black enough," or they need to "act more black."

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