Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Stoneleigh-Burnham School strives to inspire our students to pursue meaningful lives, and we celebrate our students and our community in all that we do. As a school, we endeavor to be an anti-bias, anti-racist, and culturally responsive educational environment. We value lived experiences, diversity, and wisdom in all forms. Our collective goal is to help every member of our community feel seen, heard, supported, and empowered to thrive. 

As a community, we make a commitment to each other to speak and act with humanity, integrity, justice, and compassion toward a shared goal of diversity, equity, and inclusion. These principles serve as expressions that honor diverse perspectives and experiences not simply as enrichment, but as an essential aspect of a quality education, and as our duty to each other.

Amended by Hassana ’24, Drew ’24, Gabrielle ’24, and Stella ’24 on behalf of the Class of 2024

As a community we honor the legacy and voices of indigenous peoples. This land is forever connected to indigenous worship and heritage; to steal this land and erase indigenous legacies and voices is- the ultimate disrespect to the history of their rich cultures. In acknowledgment of that erasure, we are here to passionately communicate with the utmost respect, an acknowledgment of the indigenous land that our school sits on.

Stoneleigh-Burnham School acknowledges that we are situated upon the stolen ancestral homelands of the Pocumtuc peoples. We also recognize our present-day neighboring indigenous nations: The Abenaki to the north, the Nipmuc and Wampanoag to the east, and the Mohican to the west.

We acknowledge the history of genocide and forced removal here, like the massacre at Peskeompskut. We honor and pay our respects to the diverse indigenous peoples who stewarded and honored this land throughout the generations before us, who represent the past, present, and future caretakers of this land.