Restorative Practices/ Prácticas Restauritivas

What is Restorative Justice?

  • Restorative Justice is an approach to building community, self-care, and conflict resolution. It's a social justice platform that allows students to:

  • Build community in their classrooms

  • Actively engage and problem-solve physical, psychological, social and disciplinary issues that affect themselves and the community.

  • Take responsibility for their actions.

  • Work with those affected to restore and/or repair the members and community who were harmed as a result of those actions.

Community Circles

  • Restorative circles is a way to build relationship and create a strong community.

  • It's a technique for proactively building the skills and relationships students will need when challenges arise.

  • Students engage in circles in their homeroom classes at least once a week.