When it comes to helping all of our kids succeed and:
- improving our district’s educational equity
- closing our student achievement gap
- more sustainable student health, wellbeing and mentorship efforts
- increasing the efficiency of our community partnerships
- boosting access to the district’s budgeting and decision making process
storytelling matters.
Storytelling Helps:
- Humanize Data and Statistics: Storytelling brings those numbers to life.
- Build Empathy and Understanding: Stories allow people to see the world through someone else’s eyes.
- Mobilize and Unites Communities: A compelling story can galvanize action.
- Highlight Inequities and Systemic Barriers: Storytelling can reveal the gaps and barriers within systems that data alone might overlook.
- Influence Policy and Decision-Making: Stories can be powerful advocacy tools.
- Create a Vision for the Future: Storytelling is not just about highlighting problems; it can also envision possibilities.
Big thanks to Interlochen Public Radio for telling the stories of Jen, Linda, Tom, Sharon and Mary, who mentor in our schools to help kids succeed.
Listen To Their Stories:
Mary Van Valin + Traverse Heights Elementary
Jen Tursman + East Middle School
Linda Zeratsky + Central Grade School
Sharon Workman, Gracie The Therapy Dog + Courtade Elementary
TY FOR TCAPS 
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