Diversity and Inclusion Policy

We believe all students have the right to participate in the Timberline Middle School Community embraced, supported, and valued by their unique identity, background, and experiences. We believe it is the collective responsibility of students, staff, and families to:

• Grow in our own personal understanding of others who are different from us.
• Nurture an inclusive school experience that values the unique story and experience of each student and family. 

We strive to create space where:

• Students are empowered to learn.
• Students from different lived experiences have opportunities to interact, develop relationships and share their stories.
• Individual differences are valued and respected.
• Students are provided with opportunities to incorporate their family’s values, beliefs, and experiences.
• Representation is a priority, and the historically marginalized voices are intentionally elevated.
• Perspectives are intentionally balanced within conversations, curriculum, and practice.
• Students understand the impact of implicit bias, stereotypes, racism, prejudice, and systems of privilege.
• Students can learn from and experience accountability when their actions deny others safety, respect and/or representation.
• The community actively pursues the removal of systematic obstacles, behaviors of intolerance, or passive attitudes that continue habits of division.
• The community actively pursues learning about the identities, backgrounds, and experiences of all those within the TMS community.