Green Acres School

History

Since our founding in 1934, Green Acres has welcomed students and staff from diverse backgrounds. The first racially integrated school in Montgomery County, Maryland, Green Acres expanded our educational framework in the 1990s to address the “Big Eight” aspects of diversity: ability, age, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. The School remains committed to increasing and welcoming diversity in our students and staff and to appreciating and celebrating diversity within our own School community and in the world beyond.

Our Board Diversity Committee and Staff Diversity Committee meet regularly to facilitate a broad range of initiatives. The Board Committee works to promote policy, strategic planning, affinity groups, and activities for the School community in support of diversity at Green Acres. The Staff Diversity Committee concentrates on enhancing our curriculum and promoting inclusive programs and events for students, staff, and families. It addresses topics and questions that arise in relation to curricular programs, issues within the student body, staff issues and connections, and identification of diversity topics for the entire School to address.

Green Acres School Diversity Statement

At Green Acres School we believe that a vigorous learning environment benefits from collaboration among people of diverse backgrounds and from continual reflection on policies and practices in and out of the classroom. Ultimately, this kind of environment is transformative for everyone. Therefore, Green Acres School fosters an inclusive and uplifting community that welcomes families of diverse ability, age, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.

We strive for diversity in our student and staff populations; to heighten student, staff, and family awareness of diversity issues; to create a strong curriculum reflecting our diversity; and to foster a sense of belonging for everyone in the Green Acres community. Our students grow to be responsible citizens with the sensitivity, skills, and sense of equity and social justice needed to make our increasingly complex and diverse world a better place.