heritage month celebrations in school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently Oct is also Italian heritage month. Haven't heard anything about celebrating Italians, and there are kids at the school who have Italian heritage or recently moved from Italy.

I suspect if a school is going to celebrate they would do it in March for Italian American heritage month alongside St. Patrick’s Day.

[Anonymous]

Do MCPS ES and MS plan celebrations for Native American heritage month? there's only two early dismissal days left this month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently Oct is also Italian heritage month. Haven't heard anything about celebrating Italians, and there are kids at the school who have Italian heritage or recently moved from Italy.

I suspect if a school is going to celebrate they would do it in March for Italian American heritage month alongside St. Patrick’s Day.

No. Italian American heritage month is celebrated in October each year to honor the contributions of Italian Americans to the United States...on "Columbus day," aka Indigenous people's day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do MCPS ES and MS plan celebrations for Native American heritage month? there's only two early dismissal days left this month.

What does early dismissal days have to do with honoring/celebrsting Native American heritage month? Ask your school if they are celebrating

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What schools acknowledge J new Year? Or a Muslim holiday, or a deep Catholic holiday? Any? Is that ok in a public school? Just curious not hating!

What is a "deep" Catholic holiday?

Nov 1, Dec 9th

Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter, Christmas, The Epiphany (Jan 6)

[Anonymous]

Our School does not celebrate women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently Oct is also Italian heritage month. Haven't heard anything about celebrating Italians, and there are kids at the school who have Italian heritage or recently moved from Italy.

I suspect if a school is going to celebrate they would do it in March for Italian American heritage month alongside St. Patrick’s Day.

No. Italian American heritage month is celebrated in October each year to honor the contributions of Italian Americans to the United States...on "Columbus day," aka Indigenous people's day.

Correct it’s celebrated on October. Irish American heritage month is celebrated in March.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our School does not celebrate women.

Guessing you mean Women’s History month in March. Maybe this school year you can bring it up and work with the school/PTA to honor this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't students have Nowruz, Ethiopian New Year's, or other new year's days off? If they try to give Ethiopian one off, people would complain it is 9/11. But MCPS does give j new year's off. Let's celebrate ALL new year's then. And on most years when YomK is not on a weekend, schools are also closed for it. So let's pick ALL the major holiest holidays for ALL heritages and give those days off. Schools could be year round because there would be so many days off.

Because the population celebrating Ethiopian new year is not as large as the population celebrating Jewish New Year, particularly in relation to staff and students that would be missing.

I don't know. My child's school there's a large population of Ethiopian kids it's probably bigger than the Jewish population.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don't students have Nowruz, Ethiopian New Year's, or other new year's days off? If they try to give Ethiopian one off, people would complain it is 9/11. But MCPS does give j new year's off. Let's celebrate ALL new year's then. And on most years when YomK is not on a weekend, schools are also closed for it. So let's pick ALL the major holiest holidays for ALL heritages and give those days off. Schools could be year round because there would be so many days off.

Because the population celebrating Ethiopian new year is not as large as the population celebrating Jewish New Year, particularly in relation to staff and students that would be missing.

I don't know. My child's school there's a large population of Ethiopian kids it's probably bigger than the Jewish population.

Great now what about in the entire county?

[Anonymous]

Do they acknowledge ALL Dec holidays, not mention any or only select ones?

[Anonymous]

There actually is a real cultural war on christmas and it’s illustrated by the blatant double standards MCPS pushes:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1186181.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they acknowledge ALL Dec holidays, not mention any or only select ones?

Who is They in your question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you think of schools celebrating or highlighting the various heritages and histories? There's Hispanic heritage month, black history, women's history, asian-american/pacific islander and probably other ones. Do your kids come home and share what they learned, do they participate in the activities school may organize, do you think schools should be planning these educational or cultural activites? Or is mentioning different heritages throughout the school year in class/readings sufficient? Please, no racist remarks this is not the place.

Will this year be different that previous? Will schools curtail heritage celebrations?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny how there is never a French heritage celebration or anything european.

Depends on where you are from. Further into the Colonial North you will study more about Canada, the French & Indian War, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Then nothing until the Statue of Liberty. Still more airtime than the entire Korean War.

My DH went to school in Fayette County.