- Building belonging and togetherness
- School culture increasingly informed by Restorative Justice
- Promoting inclusion and challenging racism and marginalization
- Creating a community that has authentic and positive relationships across differences
RJ IMplementation Team
- Core team and function identified through work in 18/19SY
- Meets bi-weekly to review actions and practices that influence culture in the school.
- Team members trained in Restorative Justice and Implementation
- Working within the current school framework, building on previous work.
- Reports back to school leadership and partners with the Core Values Team and Instructional Leadership Team
Restorative Justice Instructional Teams
The most intensive Restorative Justice work at Long Reach
Reach Academy
- Centralizes relationships as the key to learning
- Mission - To accelerate student achievement through the first year of high school
- 80-100 students taking four core subjects in Reach Academy classes.
ESOL
- In 2021-2022 staff team begins training in RJ work
Student Services
- In 2021-2022 staff team begins training in RJ work
Community Engagement
Community/Staff Book Study
- This Book is Anti-Racist study
- Following Stamped book study from 2020
- Sponsored by the LRHS Library Media Center
- 10-15 participants in Winter 2021
- One each month
Partnerships with Local Community Groups
- Celebration Church: mentoring, supporting our shared diverse community
- Grace Community Church: support our English Language Learner community with ESOL classes for ELL adults at Long Reach, and co-sponsoring a Coat Drives with LRHS Cares
Staff Development
One long reach Connection
- Article Discussion Groups
- Building on online groups from 2020/2021
- All staff members during the school day
- Groups meet in RJ Peace Circle
- Discussion driven by articles connected to inclusion and challenging marginalization
- Create discussion in community leading to action
Restorative Justice Training
- All staff received the Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education
- Training through the Restorative Justice Partnership, the Howard County Education Association
- 20 staff members trained in Restorative Justice Peace Circles. More training during the year
- 56 staff members trained in Restorative Justice
- Stamped/This Book is Anti-Racist Book Clubs
- School to Prison Pipeline, Adultism & Racism workshops
- Restorative Conversations Training
- Repairing Harm Training
Student Voice Activities
- Student Panel/Online Student Check ins
- One Long Reach Days used intentionally to develop staff members and students together
- Feedback from Student Voice activities shared with staff in facilitated conversations
Student Voice
Online Student Check-Ins
- At least once a month
- Student led
- Faculty supported
Lightning Town Hall
- At least once a month
- Open forum for any student during Lightning Time
Communicating Feedback:
- One Long Reach Team compiles feedback from students from Lightning Town Hall, One Long Reach Days, and other events and shares student concerns and responses from school organizations through Canvas, on announcements, and in facilitated discussions with staff.
OneLongReach Days
- The first experience for most students and staff in Long Reach Restorative Justice work.
- Partnership with HCPSS Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Human Rights Commission.
- Three whole day events (100 students and 20 staff).
- Students from all 4 grades, most selected randomly.
- Staff members representing a cross section of the faculty.
- Group activities to help participants develop empathy through experiences that promote togetherness, leading to feedback on how to improve culture at Long Reach together.
- Feedback shared with Core Values Team, SGA, and Administration.