“We are sorry”– Middle school principal apologizes to students following social studies holocaust lesson

The principal at William Diamond Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts sent an email apologizing to students for a session about antisemitism, discussing the Holocaust and the modern world.

The principal wrote, “We are sorry…We are sorry because every one of you deserves to walk into this school and feel that who you are matters – Arab students; Jewish students; Lebanese students; Muslim students; Palestinian students – every student.”

As for the next step, the principal writes that teachers and families will work on “a way of learning about hate, prejudice, and justice that includes all of our communities and all of our histories.”

The email in its entirety is below.

This follows an incident in December 2025 when a custodian found hateful graffiti targeting Jewish and Black communities in the boys’ bathroom at William Diamond.