District Information:  Diversity

We believe that each child is unique, important and learns differently in an environment that fosters civility and mutual respect.

Below you will find the student population of WASD defining ethnicity and diversity within our school.

Local ESL Programs

Recommended Reading

K-8

• All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka
• The Atlas of World Cultures (Atlas Series) by Brunetto Chiarelli, Anna Lisa Bebi, Paola Ravaglia (Illustrator)
• The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
• Children from Australia to Zimbabwe:  A Photographic Journey Around the World by Maya Ajmera, Anna Rhesa Vesola, Marian Wright Edelman
• Children Just Like Me:  Celebrations! by Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley
• The Day of Ahmed's Secret by Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland
• Dionicio Morales:  A Life in Two Cultures by Dionicio Morales
• Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
• Hands Around the World. 365 Creative ways to Build Cultural Awareness by Susan Milord
• The Illustrated World Atlas by Alisdair Rogers
• The Kid's Guide to Service Projects by Barbara A. Lewis
• The Kid's Guide to Social Action by Barbara A. Lewis
• The Kids' Multicultural Cookbook.  Food and Fun Around the World by Deanna F. Cook
• The Man Who Counted:  A Collection of Mathematical Adventures by Malba Takan
• Math Games and Activities From Around the World by Claudia Zaslavsky
• Oasis of Peace:  Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam by Laurie Dolphin, Photographs by Ben Dolphin
• Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayer
• Peace Tales:  World Folktales to Talk About by Margaret Read MacDonalad
• Sami and the Time of the Troubles by Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland
• Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye

For Teens

• Just Say Om!:  Your Life's Journey by Soren Gordhamer
• Meetings with Mentors by Soren Gordhamer
• A People's History of the United States:  1492 to Present by Howard Zinn

General

• 9-11 by Noam Chomsky
• Israel/Palestine by Tanya Reinhart
• Nonviolence in America:  A Documentary History edited by Staughton Lynd and Alice Lynd
• Sent by Earth:  A message from the Grandmother Spirit after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon by Alice Walker
• Take it Personally:  How to Make Conscious Choices to Change the World by Anita Roddick
• Terrorism and War by Howard Zinn
• A Testament of Hope:  The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. edited by James M. Washington

Collection of Diversity Links

Diversity at the University of Maryland
    http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/Response/UM/

Diversity Inc.
    http://www.diversityinc.com/

The Electronic Diversity Toolkit
    http://projects.aclin.org/diversity/about.cfm

Lycoming College Tolerance
    http://www.lycoming.edu/tolerance/

Multi-cultural Children's Literature
    http://www.multiculturalchildrenslit.com/

Multi-cultural Education Supersite
    http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/

Tolerance.org
    http://www.tolerance.org/

Teaching the World English
   http://www.efl4u.com

Diverse Student
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/diverse.html

ESL Lounge
   http://www.esl-lounge.com

The ESL Resource Site
   http://expage.com/ESOL