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Diversity News
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October 6th: Indigenous Peoples' Day: Upper School
Read MoreThe Indigenous Advocates Association will facilitate a live Zoom guided discussion around the controversial celebration of Columbus Day and the efforts by many to replace it with Indigenous Peoples' Day.“This facilitation aims to educate our peers on National Indigenous People's Day and bring attention to it. The group IAA/Dig Deep and this event inspire empathy in our students, advocacy, awareness, and leadership. It shines a light on often silenced communities and gives our students a window into different worlds. This presentation will also introduce students to a new point of view of Columbus Day that many have probably not learned about.” Chaya, Caitlin & Danielle -
September 21:Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival!
Read MoreStudents joined the Asian Student Association to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival during lunch! Students were in the cafeteria with calligraphy sets and enjoyed a lunch with Chinese cuisine.The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival. It traditionally falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which is in September or early October on the Gregorian calendar.In China people have a 3-day public holiday from September 19th to 21st.The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important festival in China after Chinese New Year. Chinese people celebrate it by gathering for dinners, worshiping the moon, lighting paper lanterns, eating mooncakes, etc.Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!In Chinese: 中秋快乐!In Cantonese: Zhōng qiū kuài lè! -
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration:
Read More- Sept 15th Upper School
- Sept 22nd Middle School
- October 1st Lower School
The GIEB office and the Pan Latin American Network student affinity group presented a dance program collaborating with UV Latin Dance Academy. Uriel Garcia and Vera Rowe, nine times World Salsa, Bachata, and Hustle Champions, offered a salsa/bachata dance lesson to our Middle School. Since the beginning of their partnership in 2012, they have traveled worldwide to teach, perform, and compete in Canada, Spain, Australia, Ireland, Italy, Hong Kong, and China.Since the first observance of what was once called National Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968, and more than three decades since its expansion to a month long celebration in 1989, National Hispanic Heritage Month, is observed between September 15th and October 15th each year. -
September 11: 20th Year Remembrance Campus Event
“From tragedy to compassion and understanding.” Essential question: “What purpose can emerge out of the darkest of times?”Read More
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