Theodore Roosevelt High School has been in existence for nearly 100 years. Over the years, Roosevelt students have witnessed many presidential elections. This presidential election has caused quite a division throughout our country. People have intense feelings about the election and those who support the losing candidate may be disappointed.
Regardless of who is elected president, it is important for all of us to remember, we are all responsible for creating the best possible learning environment for all of our students. To that end, we will continue to promote the following expectations after the election:
As RESPECTFUL members of The Kent Learning Community, we hold ourselves in high esteem and set high expectations for all. We relate positively toward others and our school. We treat others the way we would want to be treated.
As INCLUSIVE members of the Kent Learning Community, we embrace all people regardless of race, gender, disability, medical or other need and we provide students with equal access to opportunities and resources. All students belong and are treated with dignity. We listen as an ally, link others together, greet people authentically, build trust, and speak up when others are excluded.
As members of the Kent Learning Community, we believe in DIVERSITY and we will focus on representing all. We will embrace our differences and seek to understand what others need. We will respect others' differences.
As members of the Kent Learning Community, we strive for EQUITY. We create fair policies, programs, and situations in our school so all groups can thrive. We seek to reduce race and gender barriers to learning and we accommodate learning styles and disabilities.
As members of the Kent Learning Community, we are RESPONSIBLE and accountable for our actions. We honor commitments, are consistent, honest, fair, dependable, and work collaboratively at developing our full potential.
As members of the Kent Learning Community, we SERVE as we contribute to the welfare of others. We listen, we are aware, empathetic and are concerned, cooperative, and supportive.
The people who comprise our learning community are strong and resilient. We have confidence that when we work together, we have the ability to be good. When we believe in each other, we can be great! In the words of famed historian and author, John Meacham, “In our finest hours . . . the soul of our country manifests itself in an inclination to open our arms rather than to clench our fists; to look out rather than to turn inward; to accept rather than to reject.”
We will have special election counseling services available this week and in the following weeks to any of our students who require it. There are also resources available to the community. Those resources are posted on the website.
Sincerely,
Dennis Love, Principal