Inclusive Schools Week 2024 Recap and Gratitude

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Thank you to all of the school sites that participated in Inclusive Schools Week! There were so many wonderful celebrations that highlighted the strengths of our diverse school communities, and placed inclusion at the center, as we aim to do year-round.

Some district-wide highlights from the week include:

  • Our wonderful Superfest Family Movie Night hosted in partnership with Superfest, the brand new Disability Cultural Center, Longmore Institute on Disability, Support for Families, and the CAC. You can learn more about movies screened at Superfest Disability Film Festival here!
  • Access SFUSD's 15th Annual Holiday Sing-Along, with opening remarks from Mayor London Breed and Superintendent Dr. Maria Su!
  • The MANY Special Olympics assemblies held throughout the course of the week! SFUSD PE and Special Olympics Northern California once again partnered together for a week full of inclusive activities. There were 18 assemblies held at 9 schools, including: Lafayette Elementary, George Peabody Elementary, Miraloma Elementary, El Dorado Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary, Ulloa Elementary, Lincoln High School, Sunset Elementary, Lawton Alternative, and Mission High School and another 7 assemblies are being planned!

  • SFUSD Librarians curated and purchased wonderful diverse Inclusive Elementary School Books to ensure they were accessible to schools year-round! Schools can access here.

  • The SFUSD Arts Department newsletter once again highlighted inclusion. Check out this wonderful article about Inclusivity in the school wide arts newsletter!

Special school-specific shout-outs to:

  • Ruth Asawa SOTA- Superfest Film Festival and their Neurodiversity Club visited BVHM for inclusion workshops
  • Denman - mini-Special Olympics held in the gym. Student leadership presentation during advisory classes and hung posters about inclusivity.
  • BVHM - Fidget Making workshops and visit from SOTA Neurodiversity Club
  • Washington High School- added Library's new inclusion book section, celebrated their SPED Coffee Cart in newsletter,  and the student athlete club planned an end of year inclusion party for Special Day Class (they meet every other week during lunch for activities/building supportive friendships)!
  • Lawton Alternative- hosted an Evening Winter Celebration for families of their students with Extensive Support Needs!
  • Grattan Elementary - hosted a school wide Inclusion Carnival

Not seeing your school’s celebrations highlighted here? Share how you celebrated Inclusive Schools Week using this form- we’d love to shout you out!

Here are some additional resources to help promote inclusion year-round: