As a staff and community at Blair, we have worked hard to create a caring and inclusive environment where students feel safe, accepted, and are willing to challenge themselves to take risks with their learning. Our anti-racism work helped create a positive school community and respect for individual identities. Our inquiry question has been: How might we support learners in developing an understanding of their identity?  How might a stronger sense of identity help to foster a sense of belonging at Blair, and thus strengthen our Community and support students with their learning?

For our 2025-2026 school year, our staff believes it is still important to continue working on and supporting our goals of building a safe and inclusive learning environment for all of our community members.  We believe celebrating diversity and individual gifts and strengths will support our learners in their personal and academic achievements.  We want to focus our literacy goals around exploring the theme of "Story", including researching, sharing, and celebrating individuals' personal stories, and exploring ways to share personal stories.

Next Steps:

• continue to directly teach and model our school district values around Identity, Inclusivity, and belonging for all; create a safe space for learning
• connect with and engage our broader Blair community through activities that support diversity and inclusivity values
• directly teach and model appropriate uses of technology as ways to share personal stories, including digital literacy
• focus on literacy strategies to support personal writing, by encouraging a variety of methods to share personal stories, developing vocabulary, and understanding "audience" and "purpose" while developing "personal voice"
• support our literacy goals around the theme of "Story", including researching, sharing, and celebrating individuals' personal stories as a school community activity