Weldon Elementary

The GOAL in this area is to improve the classroom and school-wide cultural experiences for all Weldon students and families. This is done by evidence of classroom experiences, as well as the visible evidence in and around the school facility.
 
Multicultural Monday

Multicultural Monday: Every Monday, a new country will be featured during the morning announcements, including the countries music, and fun facts about that specific country. Additionally, during all lunch recesses, a variety of cultural music from around the world will be played for the students.

Multicultural Awareness
Cafeteria Bulletin Boards will feature our ethnic diversity at Weldon. Our Multicultural Coordinator staff member will collect and feature lessons created by staff during the school year.

Weldon Hosted a Multicultural Fair to expose staff and students to various cultures foods, history, customs, etc.  

The Weldon IDAC committee will look for and evaluate evidence of the Weldon community going beyond the minimum criteria listed in this focus area. This will demonstrate evidence of a deeper level of understanding and appreciation of a deep, systemic multicultural education for all children. 

Weldon will be partnering with The Positivity Project for character education school-wide. The Positivity Project (P2) is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering students to build strong relationships and to understand, appreciate, and exemplify character strengths in us all. The movement is based on the tenets of Positive Psychology. Daily quotes from our POSITIVITY PROJECT will be read to the entire student body every morning to promote character development.

Positivity Project

Positivity Project
 
#OtherPeopleMatter 

2023-24 - P2 Calendar.pdf

P2 calendar.rtf

P2
5 Components of P2
ENGAGE
Students will be exposed to an engaging and authentic challenge of making the world a better place — through the lens of improving ourselves, others, and the community.  The challenge will offer personal connection, relevance, and choice.
INQUIRE
Students will explore the topic by gathering information and researching in a variety of ways. Graphic organizers will be used to support student research and help teachers formatively support students. 
CREATE
Students will make or propose a unique solution that synthesizes what they learned. 
REFLECT
Students will go through structured opportunities to reflect on their work, both formatively and summatively.  Students will be encouraged to use feedback to improve the quality of their product. 
SHARE
Students will share their products with an audience, who will be active listeners who provide feedback

PASA and Awareness
Monthly PASA pizza-lunch meetings will be held to identify areas of concern, as well as design activities that address the needs that students see as necessary.
Weldon Support Team members will take part in the monthly meetings, as they are an integral part of the positive culture at Weldon.  Site Administration, in coordination with Weldon PASA members, will report out and analyze progress being made to enhance our school climate and progress made within the PASA student group.   
PASA video 
Raising Awareness: 
There are bulletin boards in the cafeteria focusing on diversity. 
Near the office , Weldon has a display case we use to highlight various cultures or to raise awareness. Students pass this window often, so it's a perfect visual and reminder to them daily. >>