Eid al-Fitr: Celebrating the End of Ramadan in Your Classroom
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Your Students
Cinco de Mayo is a great opportunity to teach children about diverse cultures and the importance of celebrating our differences. The holiday represents acceptance, courage, and pride and commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla (also known as the Batalla de Puebla). The battle happened over Mexico not […]
The Day of Silence | Standing against discrimination in schools
As educators, we interact with countless numbers of students, every day. Each has their own unique thoughts, feelings, and personal lives; as much as we’d love to understand all their inner workings, there’s so much going on behind the scenes that we’ll never know about. This includes figuring out their gender identity and sexual orientation. […]
Ramadan for Kids | Celebrating the Holy Month With Students
Blog written by Kami Hero Youssef Ayoub, a high school teacher from Morocco. Ramadan (also Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is celebrated annually by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. Muslims observe this sacred month of Ramadan to mark when Allah […]
Supporting Autism in The Classroom | Autism Awareness
Written by Kami Rep Alex Samia, an Early Childhood to Secondary teacher specializing in ELAR, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Functional Skills (Special Education). “If you know one person with autism, you know ONE person with autism.” – Kluth, 2003 A classroom is a challenging place for all learners. From day one, the novelty of […]
Holi | The Celebration of Color
Written by Kami Hero Sanchita Ghosh, Head of History Department at Sanskriti School, New Dheli, India. Holi is one of the biggest and most colorful festivals in India. Even though it has its origins in the practices of the Hindu religion, today all religious communities participate in the festivities with equal gusto! As with most […]
Kamichella 2022
Do workplace get-togethers get any better than this? I’m sure you’ve heard of the expression “work hard, play hard”. But I don’t think any of us truly knew what that meant until we experienced the first-ever Kamichella. “What’s Kamichella?”, I hear you ask. Let me explain; it’s part team-bonding-work-do, part Kiwi-summer-festival complete with an open […]
Celebrating Lunar New Year With Your Class
LGBTQIA+ Inclusivity in the Classroom
We spoke to two teachers about how they teach and support LGBTQIA+ inclusivity in their classrooms. Check it out! Kathy Hoehl Special Education Teacher at Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny in Pennsylvania. I am very excited to have the opportunity to share this space with you! My name is Kathy Hoehl and I am […]
Meet Andrew Dalziel, our new CFO
With over 20 years of experience under his belt, Andrew Dalziel joins our ever-expanding team as the new CFO. It’s no secret our Kami community has boomed over the last year, and with great growth comes great hiring opportunities – including our very first Chief Financial Officer! Andrew joins Kami from global mobile engagement company […]
Kami for remote learning: The Hong Kong story
On January 25th 2020 the Hong Kong government made a sudden announcement: to contain the spread of novel coronavirus (now classified as COVID-19) all schools in the region were to be shut immediately following the Chinese New Year Holiday (Feb 4th). Students had to be educated from home until it was safe to reopen schools. […]
