Our Wildwood, Summer 2017, Volume 41

“Systems Thinking has raised the level of discourse across grade levels.” WILLIAM LAMB PRINCIPAL PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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The American School Foundation of Mexico City becomes the Outreach Center’s first international school client, seeking expertise in developing a high school advisory program. begin seeking the Outreach Center’s consulting services. Crossroads, Harvard- Westlake, and Mirman School are among the schools on a growing client list. Other LA-area independent schools

(f) Wildwood elementary school teacher Monique Marshall launches the Outreach Center’s highly popular Never Too Young signature workshop, inspiring educators to integrate multicultural discussions and social activism into their daily classroom practice for students in elementary grades. The Outreach Center introduces its inaugural Multicultural Leadership Institute, a five- day summer intensive learning and planning workshop for independent and public school educators from around the country, featuring Wildwood experts and national thought leaders. (g) The Outreach Center’s influence expands to Europe, supporting advisory program development in the first of two visits to The American School in London.

(h) The Outreach Center’s reach expands to Asia for the first of three professional development visits to Singapore American School. The Outreach Center helps the highly innovative K-12 school develop its first high school advisory program. (i) The Outreach Center forms a Systems Thinking partnership with LAUSD’s Palms Elementary School. With generous funding from the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, Wildwood and Palms teachers connect and learn from one another to deepen transformative teaching practices, illuminating for students the interdependence of multiple systems in the world around them.