2024 – 2025 Dates (Schedule Subject to Change)
All members of the BISD community are welcome to attend MAC meetings!
Meets monthly on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 4-6 p.m.
- September 10 – Board Room
- October 8 – Commodore
- November 12 – x̌alilc
- December 10 – BHS
- January 14 – WMS
- February 11 – Blakely
- March 11 – Board Room
- April 15 – Sakai
- May 13 – Ordway
- June 10 – Commodore Cafeteria (for annual potluck)
Location: Rotates to each school library throughout the school year.
Facilitator: Kristen Haizlip, Executive Director of Educational Services
Description
The goals of the multicultural education program are to have each student:
- Feel valued and respected
- Be successful, both academically and socially
- Recognize and understand diverse perspectives
-Make meaningful contributions in a democratic society
The BISD Multicultural Advisory Council has provided service and guidance to the district since 1986.
MAC is an advisory council as outlined in BISD Policy, with an independent leadership structure. BISD employees participate in the council along with family and community partners.
Mission Statement
To create an inclusive environment where all students, teachers, non-certificated personnel, parents and administrators feel safe, secure and understood…truly feel valued as unique individuals. In this environment, each can be free to learn while interacting caringly and positively with the commonalities and differences present in our diverse school community.
This will help our students to freely embrace diversity and differences as desirable traits and as strengths and uniqueness of our country, as they confidently become contributing members and leaders in our increasingly diverse society locally, nationally, and globally.