DEIB  Initiatives

Global Competency Certificate

• a program where high school students acquire in-depth knowledge and understanding of international issues, an appreciation of and ability to learn and work with people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, proficiency in a foreign language, and skills to function productively in an interdependent world community

Speakers and Presentations

• Afro-Caribbean Music Presentation by Jorge Arce & Humano (Nov 2022) 

• Middle School Discussion of Student Experiences and School Culture with Rebecca Rehm (Mar 2021)

• High School Discussion of Student Experiences and School Culture with Rebecca Rehm (Feb 2021)

• Wee the People: "Everywhere and Nowhere". HES K: Boston-based social justice project for children ages 4-12 (Mar 2021)

• Pineapple Project: HES K program to validate each child's individual freedom to be who they are (Jan 2021)

• Student/Alumni Panel with Arm in Arm: presenting the Alumni Open Letter to the Harvard Public Schools and Bromfield Student Addendum (Dec 2020)

• Captain Brenda Berkman, New Your City female firefighter who responded to the World Trade Center September 11th tragedy (March 2019)

• Chantal Kayitesi: Building Bridges funded by Harvard Schools Trust (June 2018) 

• Teja Arboleda: “Each of Us and All of Us: Embracing Diversity” (Mar 2018)

• "Trans-Scripts" about the lives of six trans-gender people. Student tickets and transportation to American Repertory Theater provided by Harvard Schools Trust (Feb 2017)

• Dramatic performance of "The Terezin Project" to augment 8th grade study of Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl." (2017)

• Paul Richard, Shine Initiative: Shining a Light on Mental Illness (May 2016)

• Dr. Phoebe Moore, Worry and Anxiety in Children and Teens (Apr 2016)

Photo Exhibits at HES, TBS and the Harvard Public Library

• Building Bridges: Portraits of Immigrants and Refugees (May 2018): portraits of 30 newcomers to the United States (all live in Massachusetts) along with first-person text in which they tell their stories 

• Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family (April 2016)

• Love Makes a Family: Portraits of LGBT People and Their Families 

Project 351

• A movement of youth-led service by engaging an unsung hero from each of Massachusetts' 351 cities and towns. United for a year of leadership and service, Ambassadors transform communities, elevate kindness, advance social justice, and gain the courage, compassion, and capabilities to lead change.

Student Outreach

• Middle School Experience & School Culture Survey (Mar 2021)

• High School Experience & School Culture Survey (Feb 2021)

• School Culture & Belonging Survey Gr 6-12 (Feb 2022)

• Student-Faculty Roundtables (Sept 2020, Oct 2020)

• Student Experiences Survey: what students are experiencing and witnessing at HPS (Sept 2020)

• Inclusion Survey: HES (June 2018), TBS (June 2018)

Events

• Bromfield Theater Production: She Kills Monsters by Qui Ngyuen - LGBTQ+ issues, identity, and ableism (Dec 2020)

• Bromfield Multicultural Dance (Nov 2018)

• Bromfield Ludo Festival (Jan 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

• Hildreth Festival of Cultures (March 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)

Recognitions

• Bromfield earned the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for expanding young women's access to AP Computer Science A (CSA). It  is one of only 199 schools to be recognized for achieving this important result.

Professional Development Presentations

• • Examining Diversity (Oct 2016), Rob Jones, College of the Holy Cross: 

  • Beyond Tolerance (Feb 2017) by Diane Moore, PhD, Harvard University

  • Using Children’s Literature to Teach About Bias, Diversity, and Social Justice (May 2018)  by Jamie Nolan, Bedford Public Schools

  • Cultural Engagement (Jan 2020) by Angele Goss, Director of Upward Bound Talent Search Central Ma 

  • Anti Racism at Harvard Public Schools (Sept 2020) 

  • Speak Up, A Discussion of Student Experiences and School Culture (Oct 2020) by Rebecca Rehm: Compliance & Ethics, Olympus Corp

  • Integrating Social Justice Standards into Our Curriculum  (Jan 2021) 

  • Identifying and Addressing Bias in Curriculum Materials  (Sep 2021) 

  • Equity by Design (Nov 2021) by Novak Educational Consulting together with Ayer/Shirley & Littleton

  • DEI, Technology & Sheltered English Immersion to Support our Multilingual Learners (Jan 2022)

Professional Development Coursework

• Let's Talk About Race Summer Professional Development, Bromfield and Hildreth

• Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students and Families in Secondary Schools, Primary Source

• Engaging Culturally and Linguistic Diverse Students and Families in Elementary Schools, Primary Source

• Masks, Monuments, and Voices: an Initiative to Decolonize Curricula, Bromfield Faculty

• Teaching to Diversity: Methods and Materials, Worcester State University

• Telling Our Stories: Developing Cultural Identity

• Sheltered English Immersion Endorsement, Ma Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

• Cultural Proficiency, Skillful Teacher, Research for Better Teaching

• Teaching English Language Learners through Culturally Relevant Children's Books, Ma Teachers Association

• Peace Games, Seeds for Change

• Taking Action on Racial Equity and Justice, Apple Professional Learning

Faculty Professional Learning Discussions

• • HES DEI Picture Book Club: Biweekly conversations around presenting challenging topics through picture books

  • Let's Keep Talking About Race: Recognizing Bias with Chief Edward Denmark (Feb/Mar 2021)

  • Let's Talk: Facilitating Critical Conversations with Students (July 2020)

  • Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension (Apr 2018)

  • Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race (Sep 2018)

  • White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People to Talk About Racism (Apr 2020)

  • How to Be An Anti-Racist: the Opposite of 'Racist' Isn't 'Not Racist'

  • 13th: American documentary film by director Ava DuVernay

  • Lost at School by Ross Greene (April 2013)

• HES: Picture Books Towards Cultural Competency, funded by Harvard Schools Trust Grant (Sept 2020)

• Curated list of 8th Grade Social Justice Texts on Teen Section of Harvard Public Library

• Anti Bias Curriculum Review (2016-present)

• HPS Book Audit (Feb 2019-present)

• Library Book Review and Purchases for Diversity (present)

• Ma Updated Social Studies Standards (2018-present)

• Teaching Tolerance Social Justice Standards (ongoing)

• Bromfield GSA: Gender and Sexuality Alliance

• Screenings

  • Gender Revolution (Apr 2017)

• Harvard Schools Trust

• Sponsorships:

  • Bromfield Political Club

  • Model United Nations

  • History, Youth in Government Club

  • Speech and Debate Club

  • History and Geography Team

  • 9th Grade Trip to Washington D.C. scholarships

  • Bromfield student newspaper printing

• Arm in Arm

  • Panels

    • A Priest, a Rabbi and an Imam Walk Into...(Oct 2017)

    • A Minister, a Monk and a Hindu Pandit Walk Into...(Oct 2018)

    • Harvard Resident Panel on Racial Justice (Jun 2020)

  • Screenings:

    • Bend It Like Beckham (Jun 2017)

    • Queen of Katwe (Jul 2017)

    • The Hundred Foot Journey (Jul 2017) 

    • Hidden Figures (Aug 2017)

    • Dalya's Other Country (Apr 2019)

    • Not in Our Town, Billings Montana (Nov 2019)

    • Talking to Children About Race and Racism, Dr. Beverly Daniels Tatum (Feb/Mar 2021)

  • Presenters: 

    • Charles Dew: The Making of a Racist (Apr 2017)

    • Chief Denmark: The Rock How a Single Incident Impacts a Community (May 2017)

    • Gish Jen: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap (May 2017)

    • Chief Denmark, A Deeper Look at Instant Decisions (Feb 2020)

    • Larry Spotted Crow Mann: We Are the Story, We Are the Land: a Journey into Nipmuc Land (Jan 2021) 

  • Visits: 

    • Hindu Temple New England Shirdi Sai Baba

    • Islamic Center of Boston, Wayland Mosque (Mar 2019)

    • Congregation Beth Elohim

  • Town Wide Book Reads

    • The Far Away Brothers (March 2019)

    • The Hate U Give (Oct 2019)

    • Heartland (April 2020)

    • How to be an Anti-Racist (July 2020)

    • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (Sept 2020)

    • Braiding Sweetgrass (Jan 2021)

    • The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Apr 2021)

    • On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed (Oct 2021)

    • The Lightless Sky by Gulwali Passarlay (Mar 2022)

    • Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle (Nov 2022)

    • Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder (Nov 2023)

• HC2

  •  J Woolcock: Identity (Mar 2018)

  • Kira Houston: Change (Mar 2019)

  • Gwyneth Smedley: Giving Back (Mar 2020)

  • Brooke Caroom: Belonging (Jan 2021)

  • Shea Bala: Forgiveness (March 2022)

  • Harvard Press

  • Workshop

    • Two-day workshop for students to learn interviewing and writing skills by the Harvard Press and Charlie Sennott, CEO of the GroundTruth Project whose mission is to “restore journalism from the ground up by supporting the next generation of journalists through field reporting that serves under-covered corners of the United States and the world.”