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A young boy in traditional Afghan clothing presents a Pashto alphabet chart while holding the Afghan flag.

Multicultural Education


MAC & KIDS is a multicultural club whose goal is to promote awareness, understanding, and acceptance of cultural diversity. The club provides the opportunity to become more familiar with our diverse community at Fort Washington. Involvement in MAC & KIDS helps develop self-esteem and pride in one’s own heritage. 

MAC & KIDS members should be devoted to learning about the customs, beliefs, and foods that are unique to different cultures. Our group will organize events throughout the school year so we may educate our school community about different cultures. 

Membership is free and open to all students and families wanting to learn and share. A specific culture is celebrated at each meeting by providing parents with stimulating discussion, while the children engage in a fun activity. Food related to that ethnic culture is brought by participants and often shared by all.

 

Intercultural Diversity Advisory Council (IDAC): Parent members represent our school at site and district level meetings surrounding the topic of cultural diversity. Meeting focus areas include Multicultural Education and School Culture. More information and meeting dates can be found on Parent Committees page under the Parents tab.
 

A group of children and an adult stand together, wearing paper hats they made. The adult is wearing a traditional Japanese kimono.

Multicultural Education


MAC-N-KIDS: Multicultural Advisory Committee and Kids Interested in Diversity


MAC & KIDS is a multicultural club whose goal is to promote awareness, understanding, and acceptance of cultural diversity. The club provides the opportunity to become more familiar with our diverse community at Fort Washington. Involvement in MAC & KIDS helps develop self-esteem and pride in one’s own heritage.

MAC & KIDS members should be devoted to learning about the customs, beliefs, and foods that are unique to different cultures. Our group will organize events throughout the school year so we may educate our school community about different cultures.

Membership is free and open to all students and families wanting to learn and share. A specific culture is celebrated at each meeting by providing parents with stimulating discussion, while the children engage in a fun activity. Food related to that ethnic culture is brought by participants and often shared by all. 

 

 

Benchmark Curriculum
The CUSD district-adopted Benchmark curriculum for grades Kindergarten through fifth grade includes texts that provide a study and highlight of diverse people, cutltures, and the importance of valuing one another's contributions.

 

 

 

 

A yellow dumbbell with the word 'FORT' written across it.

Fort STRONG


Through PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports), Fort Washington is learning about perseverance and to be Fort STRONG!  We value this sentiment through displaying STRONG behavior, mindset, and goals.  Each letter of the word strong represents the following:

S – Safe

T – Trustworthy

R – Respectful and Responsible

O – On-task

N – Never

G – Give Up

 

Four young athletes stand together, smiling proudly after a track and field event. They are wearing matching uniforms and medals.

School Spirit


The colors of blue and gold are proudly displayed on our Pates every Friday.  The color blue can be associated with depth and stability, and considered to be beneficial to the mind and body.  The color gold can be associated with love, compassion, courage, and wisdom.

 

Our Fort Washington school spirit is not limited to just wearing our school colors, it also encompasses our fun dress-up days throughout the school year to highlight other areas of interest.  Some of the dress-up events include:  wearing red, white, and blue to celebrate our veterans; wearing purple for Purple-Up Day to show support for military children for their strength and sacrifices; wearing blue for Autism Awareness Day; dressing up to support Read Across America Week, and many more.  

  • A young boy in traditional Afghan clothing presents a Pashto alphabet chart while holding the Afghan flag.

    Multicultural Education


    MAC & KIDS is a multicultural club whose goal is to promote awareness, understanding, and acceptance of cultural diversity. The club provides the opportunity to become more familiar with our diverse community at Fort Washington. Involvement in MAC & KIDS helps develop self-esteem and pride in one’s own heritage. 

    MAC & KIDS members should be devoted to learning about the customs, beliefs, and foods that are unique to different cultures. Our group will organize events throughout the school year so we may educate our school community about different cultures. 

    Membership is free and open to all students and families wanting to learn and share. A specific culture is celebrated at each meeting by providing parents with stimulating discussion, while the children engage in a fun activity. Food related to that ethnic culture is brought by participants and often shared by all.

     

    Intercultural Diversity Advisory Council (IDAC): Parent members represent our school at site and district level meetings surrounding the topic of cultural diversity. Meeting focus areas include Multicultural Education and School Culture. More information and meeting dates can be found on Parent Committees page under the Parents tab.
     

  • A group of children and an adult stand together, wearing paper hats they made. The adult is wearing a traditional Japanese kimono.

    Multicultural Education


    MAC-N-KIDS: Multicultural Advisory Committee and Kids Interested in Diversity


    MAC & KIDS is a multicultural club whose goal is to promote awareness, understanding, and acceptance of cultural diversity. The club provides the opportunity to become more familiar with our diverse community at Fort Washington. Involvement in MAC & KIDS helps develop self-esteem and pride in one’s own heritage.

    MAC & KIDS members should be devoted to learning about the customs, beliefs, and foods that are unique to different cultures. Our group will organize events throughout the school year so we may educate our school community about different cultures.

    Membership is free and open to all students and families wanting to learn and share. A specific culture is celebrated at each meeting by providing parents with stimulating discussion, while the children engage in a fun activity. Food related to that ethnic culture is brought by participants and often shared by all. 

     

     

    Benchmark Curriculum
    The CUSD district-adopted Benchmark curriculum for grades Kindergarten through fifth grade includes texts that provide a study and highlight of diverse people, cutltures, and the importance of valuing one another's contributions.

     

     

     

     

  • A yellow dumbbell with the word 'FORT' written across it.

    Fort STRONG


    Through PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports), Fort Washington is learning about perseverance and to be Fort STRONG!  We value this sentiment through displaying STRONG behavior, mindset, and goals.  Each letter of the word strong represents the following:

    S – Safe

    T – Trustworthy

    R – Respectful and Responsible

    O – On-task

    N – Never

    G – Give Up

     

    Four young athletes stand together, smiling proudly after a track and field event. They are wearing matching uniforms and medals.

    School Spirit


    The colors of blue and gold are proudly displayed on our Pates every Friday.  The color blue can be associated with depth and stability, and considered to be beneficial to the mind and body.  The color gold can be associated with love, compassion, courage, and wisdom.

     

    Our Fort Washington school spirit is not limited to just wearing our school colors, it also encompasses our fun dress-up days throughout the school year to highlight other areas of interest.  Some of the dress-up events include:  wearing red, white, and blue to celebrate our veterans; wearing purple for Purple-Up Day to show support for military children for their strength and sacrifices; wearing blue for Autism Awareness Day; dressing up to support Read Across America Week, and many more.