Anyone who says that youth is wasted on the young never met Erik &amp; Isabelle… The two best friends, a year older and a tad wiser, return to Foresthill High to commence their Sophomore Year in the second book of Kim Wallace’s groundbreaking series for gay and lesbian youth. Sophomore Year picks up on the first day of school, launching the protagonists into a flurry of new adventures. Erik finds himself at the center of more than one young man’s attention as he reaches out beyond the closet and embraces the joy and sorrow that life has to offer. Meanwhile, Isabelle continues to propel her conservative town towards acceptance as she exercises dramatic flair to impact the minds and lives around her. Ripe with the angst and comedy that embody high school life, these memorable characters prevail with optimism and hope that will resonate in young people everywhere. Once impressionable freshmen, Erik and Isabelle are now the ones leaving the impressions as they aim to make their Sophomore Year at Foresthill High an unforgettable one.

Erik & Isabelle Sophomore Year at Foresthill High

Kim Wallace

Literature & Fiction

Foglight Press

The third in this cutting edge four-book series about gay and lesbian youth catapults readers into the middle of Erik and Isabelle's junior year. Eccentric Isabelle returns to her artistic roots and creates a compelling public art project that forces open Foresthill's eyes. Yet, these aren't the only roots she reconnects with--Mandy's back, determined to reclaim Isabelle's heart from Maxine. Meanwhile, having developed a secret relationship over the past year, rising scholar Erik and celebrated athlete Mark Slater tackle their school's most sacred institution: the Junior Prom. Ready or not, Foresthill High must reckon with the forces of Erik and Isabelle, ever determined to live their lives with dignity. Never content with the status quo, they chip away at intolerance by never failing to demonstrate the power of love over injustice. If you don't already wish Erik and Isabelle were your real life friends, then this is the book that will make you turn that corner.

Erik & Isabelle Junior Year at Foresthill High

LGBTQ+ Books

The final episode of this groundbreaking series by 2006 Lambda Literary Award Finalist Kim Wallace about gay and lesbian youth, propels readers halfway across the world to experience Erik's journey into himself as he adjusts to living in Berlin as a foreign exchange student. Europe proves fertile ground for growth, love, and a destiny Erik could have never foreseen. Isabelle, left behind in Foresthill for her senior year, finds Mandy and herself at the center of controversy, forced to face hate head-on as a conservative student group opposes their nomination as homecoming queens. Though apart by miles, Erik and Isabelle remain the closest of friends as they stride through the final days of high school.

Erik & Isabelle Senior Year at Foresthill High

Schools are built on systems, and systems are built on processes. Unfortunately, many schools run on outdated, ineffective systems that hamper students and educators alike. New, innovative district initiatives can help schools and districts rebuild, restructure, and reorganize to more effectively serve everyone involved in the education system. In Leading the Launch: A Ten-Stage Process for Successful District Initiatives, author Kim Wallace provides a simple, ten-stage process for implementing new school and district initiatives and systems. The ten stages break down a daunting challenge into straightforward, bite-size stages, such as researching and planning an initiative, pitching the proposal, determining priorities, gathering and analyzing data, and planning and delivering professional development. With Leading the Launch, updating and implementing effective systems becomes an achievable goal, rather than a distant dream.

Leading the Launch: A Ten-Stage Process for Successful District Initiatives

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Solution Tree Press

Learn how to transform your organizational culture and improve student outcomes by executing initiatives through an equity lens. Author Kim Wallace offers leaders a practical course of action to amplify opportunities and diminish systemic barriers for historically marginalized students. The ten-stage process, introduced in Wallace’s book Leading the Launch, helps educators successfully integrate equity-centered implementations in their schools and districts. 
This book will help educational leaders and administrators: Seamlessly implement new equity-centered initiatives in their own organization Improve academic, social-emotional, and developmental outcomes for historically marginalized student groups Address and eliminate unproductive or harmful practices that impede transformational change Learn approaches and gain tools for engaging teachers, students, parents, and other stakeholders in implementation adoptions Cultivate school and district cultures that prioritize belonging and inclusion Utilize research, scenarios, action items, and reproducible handouts to develop and implement organizational strategies that equitably support diverse groups of students and families 
Contents: 
Introduction 
Chapter 1: Barriers to Equity 
Chapter 2: Initial Stages 
Chapter 3: Trial Stages 
Chapter 4: Decision Stage 
Chapter 5: Execution Stages 
Chapter 6: Making Space 
Epilogue

Leading Through an Equity Lens: A Process for Advancing Inclusive District Initiatives (Overcome barriers to educational equity and refine systems into high-quality learning environments.)