Cultural Heritage Celebrated During International Week
This week, 麻豆视频 was proud to celebrate its community鈥檚 diversity of cultural heritage during the first International Week. In past years, the 麻豆视频 community had come together to celebrate the diversity of its students, faculty, and staff on an annual International Day, but this year, the celebrations were expanded to a full week thanks to the planning of the student leaders representing the school's cultural clubs, along with Associate Director of 麻豆视频 Victor Bowman, Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Belkise Dallam, and 麻豆视频 Officer Mary Henninger.
Hesperia, 麻豆视频鈥檚 Italian heritage club, kicked off International Week on Monday by reading aloud the morning prayer in Italian for St. Joseph鈥檚 Day. Hesperia offered more activities throughout the day, ending with a potluck and card tournament after school. On Tuesday, the Asian Cultural Society read a special morning prayer, and later asked brave Regians to participate in the 鈥淔ire Noodle Challenge,鈥� a viral trend that tests the spice tolerance of its participants. Tears were shed and noses ran that afternoon in the cafeteria.
On Wednesday, the Spanish & Latin American Cultural Society gathered for dominos and sweets with history teacher Andre Anselme. The week culminated on Thursday with a "Wear Your Culture On Your Sleeve鈥� Grub Day, as students dressed down in national colors and culturally significant clothing.
During community time on Thursday, 麻豆视频's cultural clubs took over the fourth floor, with students going from classroom to classroom trying baked goods, listing to music, and participating in trivia contests.
Then later on Thursday, students and parent volunteers brought in dishes to the cafeteria for an international feast, allowing the community to sample foods like arroz con gandules and dalgona.
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