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About
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
St. Albans DEI Statement
St. Albans is committed to building a community in which the worth of every member is affirmed and the diverse talents and perspectives of each are nurtured.
Core Pillars of St. Albans’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programming
List of 6 items.
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Affinity Groups
Affinity groups provide opportunities for students of shared identities to build community. Meeting weekly on Mondays, Affinity Groups also throw events, host assemblies, and bring in speakers. Currently, there are affinity groups for the following identities: Black/African Heritage, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Latine, Middle Eastern, Jewish, and Multiracial. There is also the Cultural Awareness Organization, which brings together students of varying backgrounds to acknowledge and appreciate a variety of cultural traditions. -
Speaker Series
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Speaker Series brings speakers from a wide array of identities and backgrounds to host assemblies for the student body. From historians and scientists, to refugees and immigrants, the goal of these assemblies is to give students the opportunities to hear from perspectives they might not otherwise encounter. -
Diversity Forum
The Diversity Forum is hosted annually, with a Cathedral service, assembly, and small group workshops to explore topics of race, identity, and heritage. By bringing together a diverse student body to meet with guests from a wide range of backgrounds, students have the opportunity to consider their identities, understand how others see the world, and become more thoughtful community members. -
Travel
While travel provides students the opportunity to experience different cultures firsthand, St. Alban’s unique fellowship programs provide infrastructure for students to investigate questions of civil rights, justice, equity, and identity. With opportunities like the Teplitz Family Fellowship in Civil Rights and Social Justice, which funds a travel grant to study civil rights and social justice somewhere in the United States, travel is a unique anchor to St. Albans’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program. -
Families Program
The St. Albans Families program, hosted by Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Rev. Kristin Elliott, brings together interested parents to have roundtable discussions about issues such as race, politics, and identity. The program breaks down boundaries of socioeconomic status, race, and identity to foster a deeper understanding of one another, in turn bringing our community closer. -
Skip Grant Program
The Skip Grant Program provides academic and social support and guidance to St. Albans students from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented at the school. Led by OJ Johnson ’97, the program was founded by Skip Grant in 1968.
Our Episcopal tradition calls us “to strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being."
Our Policies
Our Student Handbook specifically addresses racial hate speech and misconduct; the school’s unequivocal condemnation of such behavior; how we will educate our students about these fundamental community expectations; and the process we will use for investigating and eradicating such behavior from our community.
Our Core Values
We welcome persons of all faiths and those who do not practice a faith to our caring, inclusive community that draws its strength from the belief that every person possesses inherent value and is worthy of love, care, and respect.
The intellectual, social, and moral development of each of us requires engagement with a wide array of ideas and lived experiences, especially those that differ from our own. Such open exploration can only occur in a community where every member feels seen, valued, and loved. Building such a community requires that we develop the tools to speak authentically, listen carefully, and empathize profoundly. This in turn requires continual individual and collective self-reflection and growth as we celebrate our differences, recognize our privileges, guard against our prejudices, and honestly share our perspectives. As we recruit members of our community, nurture our culture and norms, deliver our curriculum, and carry out the daily work of teaching and learning, we commit ourselves to continual improvement. Pursuing these commitments wholeheartedly is essential to developing fully the habits of mind, body, and spirit that allow us to be the best versions of ourselves and to embrace with joy our pursuit of a more just and virtuous St. Albans, and a more just and virtuous society.
Located in Washington D.C., St. Albans School is a private, all boys day and boarding school. For more than a century, St. Albans has offered a distinctive educational experience for young men in grades 4 through 12. While our students reach exceptional academic goals and exhibit first-rate athletic and artistic achievements, as an Episcopal school we place equal emphasis upon moral and spiritual education.