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The Ames Community School District is preparing for its Black Lives Matter Week of Action at School on Feb. 1-5.
According to documents on the website, Wednesday’s activities will include queer affirming, trans-affirming and collective value lessons.
Students preschool-second grade will be able to define words “transgender” and “nonbinary” and give examples of ways to support people of all gender identities.
Students in kindergarten-second grade will use creative, dramatic expression to consider not only the roots of gender stereotypes but also their consequences and strategies for counteracting them.
