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Sunday, April 30, 2023

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Equity Team Challenge – Week 3: Anti-Racism

Anti-Racist Definition: One who is supporting an antiracist policy through their actions or expressing an antiracist idea. 

Being anti-racist does not require that you always know the right thing to say or do in any given situation but that you take action and work against racism wherever you find it including, and perhaps most especially, in yourself.

Main Challenge

Self-Reflection Questions

  • What are you taking away from today’s challenge?
  • What does moving from non-racist to anti-racist look like in your life?
  • Which of the 28 attitudes/behaviors from the list resonated with you most? How do you want to move from non-racist to anti-racist with regards to these attitudes/behaviors listed?

Please consider joining us for our next Equity Team meeting on Monday, May 8 at 3:45 pm in Room 3. Students, parents, staff, and teachers are all invited to participate. 

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WCFE General Membership monthly meeting 

WCFE 5-8- 2023 agenda

Unity Festival is on May 19 (4-8pm); the festival will have carnival activities, games, and food, alongside a talent show and open house. Please save the date and time! If you’re interested in volunteering, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4dafae29a4f9c25-unity#/.   Questions? Contact Natasha Fine at president@wc-fe.org. Know of an incoming freshman family? Please invite them! More details coming soon!

College Counseling Workshops coming up! 

Career Day is planned for June 1. Please sign up here. This will take up the first three periods of the day from approximately 8:30 to 11:05am. 

Presenters would be presenting at West Campus for the first three periods of the school day which clocks in from 8:30 AM to 11:05 AM. We would expect you to arrive on campus at around 8:00 AM. Each period runs about 47 minutes and you would be expected to have a presentation that would run about 10-15 minutes. The rest of the period would be an open Q & A session. 

WCFE Board Elections are open: 

  • Please vote for who will be on the WCFE for the 2023-24 school year.
  • Online voting will remain open until 5 PM on Monday, May 8th.

Vote here:

There were three errors in the ballot distributed earlier this week, and one candidate has withdrawn. These have been corrected on the electronic ballot. In the interest of accuracy and transparency, we are sharing the changes below. 

If you have already voted and you choose to change your vote based on the new information below, please email secretary@wc-fe.org and you will receive a new ballot.

Updates Undertaken: 

  • A sentence was inadvertently omitted from the candidate statement provided for Bella Agrawal, who is running for VP, has been added back. In addition, a misspelling of her last name has been corrected.
  • The last name of Dan Mishell, who is running for Secretary, was misspelled and has been corrected
  • One of the candidates for Parliamentarian, Leslie M. Fox, has withdrawn from the election.

Full detail: The updated ballot information is below. The corrected and updated information is underlined; this updated information is identical to what is now on the electronic ballot:

Vice President (Vote for One)

BELLA AGRAWAL (corrected from AGARAWAL) — Having acted as VP in the 2022-23 academic year, I have learned a lot about the school and the functions and mission of the foundation. We were able to make several changes including, changing by-laws to fit current needs and intention, with membership now being free to the entire school. The desire is to improve inclusivity and participation. Work was done on passive income sources and several successful fundraisers and ensuring that the foundation met legal requirements for its status. After a lot of work, the foundation is in a much better place to serve the families of WC and I wish to be able to build further on this. I was Head Chair of the Gala in 2023 and brought in over 30K revenue for the foundation, while forming several committees to help achieve that. I know that I can continue to achieve greater things for the foundation and therefore the school, if voted for in 2023-24. My passion stays strong and true and committed to West Campus Foundation for Excellence and its goal to serve the families and children.

Secretary (Uncontested)

DAN MISHELL (Corrected from DAN MISHEL) — I served for six years on the board of the Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA), including a term as President. While I haven’t served on a PTA or PTO board, I worked at a charter school as a young adult and was actively involved with classroom activities and other events as a parent of two daughters at Leonardo da Vinci in Hollywood Park. Education has always been one of my primary interests, first as a student, then as an employee of a charter school for at-risk students in Los Angeles, and now as a parent. I believe the WCFE is in a unique position to serve students, teachers, and administrators alike as an independent and parent-run organization. My priorities as Secretary would be to work with the President and other Board members to set clear and efficient agendas for each meeting, to take and post meeting minutes, and to participate as needed in Foundation events.