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 * Multicultural Committee Mission and Goals **

//Agnes Irwin School is committed to “fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse community; and developing in each student distinct knowledge and principles that enable her to understand, appreciate, engage with, and contribute to an increasingly complex world.”//
 * The following Mission Statement was developed by the Multicultural Committee in 2007:**

1. Ensure that all members are familiar with the mission of the Multicultural Committee as developed in 2007. 2. Support Dr. Seppala’s decision to appoint a full-time Director of Multicultural Community Life (Diversity) and have this person as part of the school’s leadership team. 3. Initiate continual discussion and idea-sharing with Dr. Seppala so that the diversity agenda if fully actualized. 4. Create an atmosphere where all members of the school community are conversant with the “Nine Social Identifiers” (ability, age, ethnicity, body image, race, socioeconomic means, religion, gender, and sexual orientation). 5. Encourage AIS Board to see itself as a leader among its peer schools in terms of diversity principles and initiatives that demonstrate a healthy school climate.
 * Goals of the Multicultural Committee in 2009-2010**

1. Develop a broader committee structure, incorporating more constituencies, to assess and evaluate the school’s efforts to foster and support a multicultural community. 2. Review PAPAS recommendations for upcoming NAIS accreditation. 3. Work with the Director of Diversity to identify specific action items supporting the mission of the Multicultural Committee and establish a long range timeline for recommendations that can be used in the development of a strategic plan for diversity. 4. Find ways to achieve community-wide understanding that diversity is an essential part of 21st century learning which prepares students to thrive in an increasingly global world.
 * Goals of the 2010-2011 Multicultural Committee**


 * Meeting dates for 2010-2011**

Oct. 7, 2010 Jan. 19, 2011 March 9, 2011