FAC U LT Y & S TA F F R E C O G N I T I O N
Growing in Knowledge and Character Speakers, projects, and conversations about justice expand students’ worldview
“They can be agents of change, right now,” said Rashad Lowery, coordinator of campus life and community stewardship at Steward. “Everyone has a voice, and they are empowered to use it for good.” Mr. Lowery was describing what he hoped students in his Upper School seminar course, Justice and Civil Society, would learn from his class. In his schoolwide role, Mr. Lowery has the opportunity to spread that message to students JK-12 through classwork as well as service learning opportunities and clubs. “Justice is at the foundation of service learning,” Mr. Lowery explained. “It creates space to understand why certain problems exist and how we as individuals can help. We become better together when we learn to empathize.” Head of School Dan Frank concurs that understanding justice is central to understanding our place in the world: “At Steward, students develop both critical thinking skills and compassion. This is a mission-driven part of our program: It helps our young people grow into the problem-solving, ethical adults our world needs for the future.”
STEWARD FACULTY BROUGHT THESE CONCEPTS TO LIFE THROUGH: • Mr. Lowery’s Justice and Civil Society seminar course • Interfaith panels in Upper School history teacher Eliza McGehee’s class • The partnership between Upper School students in Upper School English teacher Jessica Conley’s Research Writing seminar and Enrichmond, in which they helped create a written historical record for Black individuals buried at two local cemeteries • Middle Schoolers learning about homelessness with the Daily Planet Health Services and Mr. Lowery • Fourth-grade teacher Janell Kauffman’s project about unsung heroes during the American Revolution
Follow this QR code to read examples of how of faculty brought these concepts to life in our curriculum this year.
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