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EJACE's mission is to ensure a just, equitable, and inclusive school culture by helping administrators, staff, and students identify and develop mission and vision, values, people, practices, place and narrative that will eliminate the negative impact of inherent bias, social insensitivity, prejudices, and systematic intolerance.


We are very grateful for your continued stewardship of this noble work throughout the region. This is how you "fix" education, as you asked of us with Emerson's funding - you create a positive school culture and climate where character, intrapersonal, and interpersonal skill-building serves as the foundation for all students. We'd first like to take a moment and have you hear from an EJACE participant administrator we think you'll appreciate.

 

This testimonial would not be possible without your generous EJACE support. 

A Participant School's EJACE Plan Presentation
Busch Middle School - SLPS

We are fortunate to have expertly qualified EJACE leaders at CharacterPlus who, along with Emerson's financial support, make this possible for education leaders in the region. Take a moment and listen to these EJACE observations from three of the regions foremost experts in this work with schools - Michael Barolek, M.S.W, Grace Lee, Ed.D., and Jeremy Mapp, Ed.D.. 

The 2023-2024 EJACE Cohort included Eight Schools, 24 - 32 school administrators and educators with a combined enrollment of

approximately 8000 students.

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Busch Middle School of Character 

St. Louis Public Schools

Hazelwood West High School

Hazelwood School District

Pattonville High School

Pattonville School District

Nipher Middle School

Kirkwood School District

Webster Groves High

Webster Groves School District

North Kirkwood Middle School

Kirkwood School District

Abe Lincoln School

District 118 Schools

West Jr. High School

District 118 Schools

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We are excited to share the pre- and post-academy percentage data gathered from the participating EJACE participant schools!
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EJACE Podcast

We were asked to add an EJACE Podcast to our series. We were excited to share in the Podcast Emerson's support of this CharacterPlus program. We hope you'll take a few minutes and give it a listen!

We didn't get in the situation we're in overnight. And so, therefore, we will not get out of the situation that we're in and the things that are challenging us. Anytime soon, but if we can be committed to it for a long period of time, and we can be willing to say that we're going to have gradual change that will work towards justice,  I believe that we'll be able to definitely be much closer. I think EJACE allows us to be able to put the steps and the action work to it, to make sure that our individual buildings are working to do the work that they can for their spaces as well. 

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Dr. Jeremy Mapp 

EJACE Co-Director & Director of Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity for Lindbergh Schools

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EJACE contines to organically expand programming impact across other interested schools​

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FY2023-2024 EJACE
SHOWCASE EVENT
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The 2024-2025 EJACE Cohort currently underway includes Schools, 24 - 32 school administrators and educators with a combined enrollment of

approximately 3000 students. We look forward to reporting on these schools' program success at year's end.

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Mark Twain Restoration & Wellness Center

Ferguson-Florissant School District

The Forsyth School

Independent School

Confluence Academy High School

Confluence Academys Urban St. Louis

Solden High School

St. Louis Public Schools

Whitfield School

Independent School

Mallinckrodt Academy of Gifted Instruction 

St. Louis Public Schools

Kirkwood Early Childhood

Kirkwood School District

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As we mentioned in last year's report, EJACE begins with a civil rights immersion trip to museums and research centers in Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama. School administrators participating in the coming year's EJACE program willfully give up time in the summer for this experience. CharacterPlus general donor support covers that cost. 100% of Emerson's grant goes to EJACE program instruction.
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