DEI Corner
This is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion corner of the DSST Student Union. Please come here for all updates regarding DEI work. Also, please scroll down for more information about joining student committees.
Directions: Please use this form to fill out suggestions, comments, or criticisms in regard to student life, discipline, and other matters concerning our Montview community!
There is a great opportunity for you all to attend this coming Saturday (February 27th & March 6th). It is the annual African American Youth Leadership Conference. Some of you might remember this event from last year and I hope you believed it to be worthwhile. Here are the informational points of the conference.
· Normally it is a 1-day event (Not this year).
· It will be held over a course of 7 weeks (2-3 classes per Saturday).
· This Saturday (2/27) is week 6 & (3/6) is week 7.
· Topics for Week 6 is Financial Literacy & Week 7 is Leadership.
· The conference is virtual (You will receive a Zoom link).
· Each class is only 45-60 minutes in length.
· You can attend as many or as few courses as you wish.
· This event is for ALL students regardless of race or any other background.
· Registration is FREE. HERE is the link to register.
Hope you can attend & looking forward to hearing about everything you’ve learned in the conference.
Have a great day.
Hello all!
I am organizing a Q&A during lunch on Friday with a Black scientist in celebration of Black History Month. I would love if you would share this with your classes next week and encourage them to attend! This is through an organization called Skype a Scientist, which pairs scientists with schools so scientists can talk directly to students. We are fortunate to have Dr. Soshawn Blair volunteer to speak with our students- her full bio is below, but in short she has a PhD in chemistry and is now doing pharmaceutical research focused on rare diseases. I think her story will be something all of our students would be interested in, and I would love if you would encourage them to attend! Staff are welcome as well J
Teams link: Click here to join the Q&A with Dr. Blair
Friday, 2/19 from 11:40-12:10pm
BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!!
There are lots of plans in the works for Black History Month! This is just one small way that you can participate. Be on the look-out for others to come soon.
We are putting together a slide show to highlight black people in our community and nationally. This will be played in the commons during February and embeded on the student union as well. You can participate by adding a slide (or two or three) into this presentation. Note that the first section is for local black people and the second section is for national. See below for an example slide from Ms. Trujillo.
ADL UPDATE and TUTORING FOR FINALS: 1/25/2020
Hi students,
We’re the ADL and we’re here to offer you a great opportunity! For the last 2 weeks before finals, the weeks of February 8-12 and 15-19, we’ll be hosting teacher-student tutoring sessions and we’d love for you to be a part of it.
So, what are the ADL tutoring sessions? In summary, these tutoring sessions are going to be one-on-one time between a teacher and students to allow the students to ask any questions they might have about the class’s content, prepare for finals, or study. To attend one of these tutoring sessions, please follow this link and click on the Teams link next to your class’s name: (insert Google Doc link here).
This Google Doc contains all the information you need to know about these tutoring sessions, including the tutoring schedule with all of the classes that tutoring will be offered for and their tutoring session’s day/time, as well as recordings of all of the tutoring sessions if you weren’t able to make it to the live stream.
Please don’t hesitate to join, these tutoring sessions are going to be extremely beneficial. Thank you for your time!
Sincerely,
The ADL
Check out this Town Hall recording from our ADL to discuss culture, cultural identities, and how teachers view their cultures and their student cultures in their classrooms.
Anti-Defamation League
Please consider joining! We want your voices to be heard and we want to make our school a better place for both students and staff.
Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15th through October 15th
Hello MTV Students and Staff,
Between Tuesday, September 15th and Thursday, October 15th we will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! We are excited to have the opportunity to share stories, celebrate culture, and pay tribute to the amazing impact that the Hispanic community has had on our history here in Denver and throughout the nation. As a first step, please check out the National Hispanic Heritage Month WEBSITE for a variety of exhibits and collections, audio and visual resources, and a plethora of virtual events.
In respect to our own community, we’d love to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by inviting our student body and families to record short video clips in response to the question: what does your Hispanic heritage mean to you? In this video, you can discuss your own family heritage, something fun to share about your history, a delicacy, or any other relevant details that you’d like to share with our community. These videos should be around 30 seconds to one minute long and you are encouraged to think creatively (think: TicToc).
HERE is an example of what your video could look like! Please send completed videos to sig.arnesen@scienceandtech.org… if possible, upload to YouTube!
Let’s celebrate!