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No Place for Hate Pledge
No Place for Hate Pledge
Sage Creek students watched a video on the Sage Promoting the No Place for Hate Pledge and took the virtual pledge in advisory.
Activity One:
Activity One:
The Student Belonging Project is a schoolwide initiative to elevate student voice in developing a more inclusive and supportive learning experience at school. It's a way for students to gather and share feedback on campus culture, address school climate and equity issues, and foster more inclusive schoolwide decision-making. Early in the year, our student-led No Place for Hate Committee decided that rather than use external lessons, sharing the student experience within our local context would be more impactful.
The program involved a schoolwide climate survey, a series of four activities (called Breakfast & Belonging) throughout the year where students reflected on the schoolwide survey data, shared their own experience, and brainstormed actionable steps we can take as a school. By the fourth session, students presented their ideas to the full staff at a staff meeting, and staff presented during advisory. It was facilitated by staff from the county office to get authentic input from students about how we can make Sage more inclusive of all perspectives and beliefs. Based on student feedback, topics ranged from the need for improved restroom facilities to addressing hate speech. After four sessions, the students, which included the No Place for Hate Committee, consolidated the findings into four areas;
Academic Support; School Culture & Safety; Campus Environment & Facilities; Inclusion, Representation & Student Voice
Activity Two:
Activity Two:
The Day of Understanding began with a schoolwide assembly with a keynote speaker on Inclusivity and Belonging on 12/9/25. This assembly was in response to feedback from the Student Belonging Project Survey and breakout sessions, where students reported an increase in derogatory language, more specifically, hate-motivated speech. The speaker made sure to address the flippant use of anti-Semitic jokes and racial language like the N-word.
During a staff meeting leading up to the assembly, staff identified 50 student leaders to be the facilitators and 100 students to be participants in a full day of learning and community building with the speaker. Over 150 students met the day after the assembly, 12/10, to share their lived experience at Sage, and created the space to share how students could be more proactive in cultivating the kind of culture that would make all students feel welcome. Afterwards, our broadcasting class made a video with reflection questions to lead classroom discussion in Advisory.
Activity Three:
Activity Three:
Ally Week is a weeklong event hosted by our school’s GSA club to promote allyship and cultivate a welcoming and inclusive culture. Each day of the week during lunchtime, the GSA club hosts different speakers and activities to highlight various social issues in relation to the LGBTQ community. On Friday, March 27th, after school, the GSA, in partnership with the No Place for Hate Community, hosted a community event with local public officials from the surrounding areas to speak about allyship. Not just allyship for the LGBTQ community, but for all marginalized groups. The event culminated in a video on the Sage Broadcast and lesson in advisory class scheduled on April 22nd.
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