{"id":2452,"date":"2022-10-14T13:33:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/message-for-families-safe-and-inclusive-halloween\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T13:33:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T20:33:02","slug":"message-for-families-safe-and-inclusive-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/message-for-families-safe-and-inclusive-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Message for families: safe and inclusive Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear families,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Maple Ridge &ndash; Pitt Meadows School District seeks to foster a culture of belonging and respect, and has publicly stated its committed to anti-racism and equity. As Halloween approaches, I wanted to remind students, families, and staff of the need to be thoughtful and inclusive when selecting a costume to be worn at school. The choice of costume should always be respectful of the diverse cultural and lived experiences of all the members of our school communities.<\/p>\n<p>Please consider the two following guidelines when you and\/or your child are making the costume selection:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Be kind and consider the school community.&nbsp;<\/strong>Costumes that could be offensive or perpetuate the stereotype of someone&rsquo;s gender identity, culture, race, religion, age, or disability must not be worn.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be thoughtful and safe.<\/strong> Costumes that depict violence, alcohol or drugs are not appropriate. Similarly, replica weapons (e.g. guns, knives, etc.) must not be brought to school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The choice of Halloween costume must align with the expectations set out in school codes of conduct and our district&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sd42.ca\/assets\/media\/Policy-9410-Safe-Caring-and-Healthy-Schools.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Safe, Caring and Healthy Schools<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;policy. We must always ensure our learning environments remain safe, welcoming, inclusive, and affirming for all students, families, and staff.<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your consideration and thank you for helping keep our schools safe, caring, and inclusive this Halloween.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p><em>Harry Dhillon<\/em><br \/><em>Superintendent<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear families,&nbsp; The Maple Ridge &ndash; Pitt Meadows School District seeks to foster a culture of belonging and respect, and has publicly stated its committed to anti-racism and equity. As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}