Celebrate and Appreciate Multiculturalism

Our goal is to create an ongoing awareness and celebration of multiculturalism in our school, our community and in our world.

• UNICEF
• Taste of the World
• Holidays: traditions and celebrations
• Martin Luther King Jr.: classroom activities, website exploration and stories in the library
• All-school chorus presentation of the play If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
• Black History Month celebrations
• Connecticut Ballet presentation: World Dance with dancers representing Ghana, Peru, Brazil, Ireland and Haiti.
• Eshu storytelling performance:  Eshu tells African and African American folktales that focus on problem solving, tolerance and nonviolence.

A sampling of the Multicultural Activities enjoyed during the 2007-2008 school year:

• Art curriculum includes the study of Art History providing insight into the past and reflecting on the present

• Library curriculum includes reading multicultural stories, display of African-American History Timeline, exploring Martin Luther King Jr. website

• Music curriculum includes international folk songs and dances, the life and music of Duke Ellington, Underground Railroad songs and stories, Italian Opera music

• UNICEF

• Martin Luther King Jr. classroom activities

• Holidays celebration and traditions

• Study of famous people

• Taste of the World

• Musical Instruments Around the World

• Sirius Coyote – Musical Styles of The Americas

• Motoko – Asian Storytelling