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K–12 Diversity Curriculum

At Pingry, diversity is more than race. We certainly recognize that the social construct — race — is important to discuss. However, we also recognize that to simply focus on race significantly limits the scope of diversity and can marginalize our students and their families, as well as our faculty and staff. Instead, our community recognizes and seeks to have conversations about many cultural identifiers:

  • ability
  • age
  • ethnicity
  • gender
  • race
  • religion
  • sexual orientation
  • socioeconomic status (class)
  • body image
  • educational background
  • academic/social achievement
  • geographic/regional background
  • language
  • learning style
  • beliefs (political, social, religious)

Lower School

 

Pingry’s Lower School Multicultural Team facilitates campus-wide diversity activities, which are tailored to the developmental maturity of each grade. Students in grades K–5 also dig into cultural competency work through the Decisions class which covers topics related to diversity, identity, and cultural connection at the local and global level. These lessons are designed to help students develop skills for engaging in conversations around identity, equity, and inclusion by introducing vocabulary related to social identifiers (e.g. gender identity, race, religion, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation, etc.).

 

Middle School


The Middle School advisory program incorporates conversations about identity development, familiarizes students with common cultural identifiers, and building a positive self image. Our Middle School Multicultural Team facilitates activities that allow for a more intentional and specific focus for conversations about identity. Students have the opportunity to question how they interact with others who are different from themselves and explore ways in which they can work to better the school community as a whole. In addition, a cultural competency curriculum is integrated into advisory beginning in Grade 6.
 

Upper School


 

In addition to the grade-specific curricular work below, our Student Diversity Leadership Committee (SDLC) facilitates conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion through the Upper School advisory program, with the goal of fostering a more inclusive and welcoming environment.