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Brilliant Star Montessori puts cultures on the spotlight
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Posted on Oct 30 2004
The Brilliant Star Montessori School family recently completed a week of promoting various cultures from around the world, capping their celebration with a parade Friday morning around the school’s campus on Navy Hill.
The weeklong celebration, dubbed International Culture Week, also featured guest speakers who gave presentations on various cultures, foods, dances, crafts, and music, among others.
According to school principal Trish Copeland, the celebration was geared toward not only promoting other cultures, but also providing a venue for students to showcase their cultures to their classmates, as well as teach students the importance of appreciating their culture and others.
“It’s a celebration of cultural diversity and a common union as people,” she said.
The students tasted foods from other countries, learned to count and greet in other languages, made crafts like origami and bead-making.
On Friday, students, parents, and supporters dressed in costumes showing various clothes from around the world. A program featuring cultural dances from Polynesia, Cambodia, among others, and ballet was also included in the celebration.
The school comprises 75 students with 14 different nationalities.
