Fall Rituals

Greetings all! What is your favorite Fall ritual? Rituals can be “an act or a series of acts regularly repeated in a set precise manner, an established form of ceremony or a ritual observance.” *Do you and your chosen family have Fall rituals you do every year for the start of school or RE at Westside? My little family would often make a trip to the thrift store for “new” used clothing after school started. I grew up locally in a place where I could see salmon spawn and complete their cycles every year. I still try to make a

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New DRE Greeting!

Greetings all: I’m grateful to have a couple weeks to get up to speed and gear up for the start of our RE program. I am delighted that I will get to follow through, enrich and build on the work I’ve created as WSUU’s Equity, Inclusion and Creativity Advocate. For the last two years, I have worked closely with our previous DREs in weekly sessions crafting our RE program serving children and families, making an inclusive, flexible, value-based program.As your new DRE, I will bring my full self in this work of creating joy, belonging, learning, and a bit of

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