CELEBRATING CULTURES & IDENTITIES

A sampling* of past campus activities and events organized to educate and honor the wonderful diversity that comprises our SHS family. Get involved at OMCS@shschools.org

LATINX HERITAGE MONTH

Occurs September-October. Past celebrations have included interdisciplinary lessons/projects and a student-organized community-wide cultural event with traditional foods and music. Concludes with Dia des los Muertos activities, such as sugar skull painting and the construction of an offrenda with student artworks and papel picado.

DIWALI (Festival of Light)

Occurs in October or November. Past celebrations have included a chalk mandala artwork projects, traditional dress, music, and dance presentations, and family-provided Indian delicacies.

LUNAR NEW YEAR

Occurs in January or February. Past celebrations have included an exhibition of traditional dress and Chinese arts, classroom lessons, student sharing, sampling of Chinese foods and tokens of good fortune.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Occurs February-March. Regularly includes classroom lessons and cross-disciplinary projects introducing key Black figures and contributions through history as well as current times. Past celebrations have included assemblies, reflections, guest speakers, and author visits.

NOWRUZ (Persian New Year)

Occurs in March. Past celebrations have included classroom lessons/discussion, a student/parent organized program around the holiday’s history and significance, sharing of customary dress, artworks, and music, and a sampling of traditional Persian foods.

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

Occurs March-April. Past celebrations have included assemblies, reflections, guest speakers, author visits, and the annual SHP Women’s Talent Show. Programming augments the ongoing SHP Women’s Group presentations and discussions.

ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH

Occurs May-June. Past celebrations have included assemblies, student reflections, and a student-organized community-wide cultural event with traditional foods, dress, dance, and music.

* SHS strives to be responsive to the identities and experiences of all in our community; therefore this is not a comprehensive list but a sampling of past activities. For more information or to get involved, please contact OMCS