New Year, New Opportunities: How Proper Review of Your Path can Propel Future Passions At the end of a fiscal year, successful businesses often do an audit or review of the year, looking for areas that flowed well and increased impact, while also looking for areas that were a source of frustration or overwhelming. These […]
Year-End Review & Looking Ahead:A Note from the Executive Director Like most individuals and organizations, we started 2023 energized and goal oriented. Knowing that a goal without a plan is just a wish, our EPiC team dedicated time and intention towards creating a strategy that would maximize our impact on Black parents and Black students […]
Twice Exceptional Children Did you know that your child receiving Exceptional Children’s (EC) services can also be identified as Academically and Intellectually Gifted (AIG)? If a student who received EC services is identified to have received AIG services, then this student is labeled “Twice-Identified”, a student who shows giftedness in one area with learning challenges […]
Taking Care of Our Community What happens when you donate to Black women-led organizations? You help to increase their operating budget. According to a report by the Young, Black & Giving Back Institute (YBGB), many black led and black benefitting nonprofits operate on a budget of less than $500,000 a year, with a large portion […]
Disparities in Discipline: Five Ways to Decrease Over Disciplining & Harm in Learning Communities I remember the first time my son was sent to the principal’s office. It had recently rained, and his school playground had accumulated puddles of water. In his attempts to fix the drainage problem, he was creating a structure to drain […]
Access to Advanced Academics, Creates Access to Opportunity Why wasn’t she given the same opportunity to try the advanced classes that her peers were? My twelve year old just started middle school this year. As we were preparing for the start of the school year, purchasing school supplies and planning for her middle school orientation, […]
When “Welcome Back” Doesn’t Feel Welcome As the end of summer nears, many parents feel excited to send their children back into their learning communities, where they will be loved, nurtured, celebrated, and enlightened. With Labor Day just a few weeks away, parents of school-aged children are embracing the routine and structure that school provides; […]
Welcome Back to School! Check out our EPiC Back to School message from our Program Director, Toyia Williams.
EPiC 501c3 FAQ Around Political Campaigns
Happy Black History Month! I am excited about the celebrations that will begin at so many schools as we acknowledge the contributions and achievements of Black Americans. When I was a PAAC leader, I remember being approached by other parents to “lead” the Black history programs at our school. Whereas on one side, when we […]