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BRIDGES

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Building Relationships to Increase Diversity & Gain Educational Successes

The BRIDGES Community Council is a group of teachers, administrators, parents and community members devoted to the vision of a strong, culturally rich community that sees diversity as a strength to be celebrated and a goal to be pursued. The group meets four times a year and welcomes any interested individuals to participate.

 Mission Statement:
Our mission is to create a community where each person feels safe and valued, where cultural differences are accepted, appreciated and understood. Through dialogue and process of learning and working together, we will celebrate the differences that make us a culturally rich community.

 Meeting dates for the 2008-09 school year:

  • September 17, 2008
  • December 3, 2008
  • February 11, 2009
  • May 13, 2009

Meetings are held at 6 pm in the Neff Building Board Room.

This school year   presents:

 Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi
November 2008

Artist, author, historian and curator, Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, is one of the most influential African-American quilt historians and quilting artists of the twenty-first century. This fall, she will bring many of her quilts to Miamisburg for presentations at the elementary and middle-school levels.

 
Dr. James Loewen

February 2009

Dr. Loewen's gripping retelling of American history as it should, and could, be taught, Lies My Teacher Told Me, continues to inspire teachers to get students to challenge, rather than memorize, their textbooks. We will welcome Dr. Loewen to Miamisburg to speak in an open community forum on Thursday, February 19.

 





These events were made possible by a grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation.



BRIDGES Community Council Contacts:

Marcia Watts, Assistant Superintendent - mwatts@miamisburg.k12.oh.us
Trish Deck, LEP/ESL - tdeck@miamisburg.k12.oh.us
Dale Geyer, Neff Elementary Principal - dgeyer@miamisburg.k12.oh.us
Jennifer Damon, Mark Twain Elementary Teacher - jdamon@miamisburg.k12.oh.us
Jeane Toadvine, Wantz Middle School Teacher - jtoadvine@miamisburg.k12.oh.us
Monique Cherry-McDaniel, MHS Teacher - mmcdaniel@miamisburg.k12.oh.us
Gayle Covington Fowler, Parent - wmluvsgcf@aol.com
Anthony J. Covington, MHS Student

Last Updated ( Monday, 23 February 2009 11:03 )