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Dear Edison Pyramid Families,
We are writing to you as your Pyramid Principals to let you know how disheartened we are in light of current events. Racism and hate have no place in the Edison Pyramid; rather our schools are places that strive towards inclusiveness and compassion for all while providing hope for the future.
Each school’s staff is here to support children to process information and to learn and speak about kindness, justice, equality and what it means to be a good citizen. We will continue to work together to identify ways to have these important conversations with our staff and students. Our schools are committed to continuing to engage in professional learning about equitable and culturally responsive practices, to challenge racism and injustice, while promoting inclusive school communities where diversity is valued.
Here are a few resources for families on these topics:
• Teaching Tolerance - Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice
• Embrace Race - 10 Tips for Teaching & Talking to Kids about Race
• National Museum of African American History - Talking About Race: Resources for Parents
• Talking to Children After Racial Incidents
As always, we thank you for your trust. We thank you for your partnership. We are hopeful about our future because the students and staff of the Edison Pyramid will continue to lead the change.
Respectfully,
Pamela Brumfield, Edison High School
Chuck Miller, Twain Middle School
Mary Duffy, Bush Hill Elementary
Eric Johnson, Cameron Elementary
Roxanne Salata, Clermont Elementary
Andrew Smith, Franconia Elementary
Jean Consolla, Mount Eagle Elementary
Dawn Hendrick, Rose Hill Elementary
Additional Resources:
Books for parents teaching young children:
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
Books for teenagers and adults to read:
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
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