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School Story in Action 2024-2025 

November 8, 2024 

This week we would like to share work which highlights some ongoing goals from our School Focus. Knowing that names are central to identity and belonging, students and staff were asked to complete a name survey as part of our scanning process. We had a hunch that not all community members were being addressed by their correct names. The results showed us that there are a handful of people that are don’t feel seen by our community yet. About 17% of our population do not feel comfortable correcting others when their name is said incorrectly. Our next steps are to find ways to ensure that everyone in building feels like they belong enough that they can tell each other who they are. This includes using phonetic spelling for guests such as on-call staff to see when they arrive, checking in with families to make sure we are using the preferred name, do classwork around identity and the power of names in any context.  

This links to our School Story focus in the following way:    

• Steves is a safe learning community where we strive to create a sense of belonging where we see ourselves. (Steves School Lens)