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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I attended at STEAM night with my family at Creative Minds International last week and was surprised that Easter had a station for the younger students. Why bring in a Christian holiday on STEAM night. Why bring in Christianity to a school event at all? It is a public school. I understand that there was a very Christian Santa theme for a literacy assembly in December.
I thought this school was all about inclusiveness. It didn’t feel that way, especially with those of us who are celebrating Ramadan. Somehow that wasn’t a STEAM station.[/quote]

Do you really think something like this is worth complaining about? Do you know what "inclusiveness" means?[/quote]

Unless it was clear that STEAM night was going to include non-STEAM religious activities and anyone could sign up, no, I don't think that having Easter at STEAM night is "inclusive" in any respect. That is very different that the typical DCPS everything welcome approach. I do not think it's worth fighting about Christmas/Easter being holiday defaults as long as it's clear that other religious/holiday traditions are welcome; I do think it's worth fighting about religious content from a single religion being added on at a time/place where no other religious/holiday traditions were recognized AND parents were not remotely on notice that they should ask to include their own tradition.[/quote]

OMG, you are nuts.  So what is there is an Easter station.  Easter is coming up and I’m nit Catholic.  You can request Ramadan or whatever your religion is.

You are going to an even hosted by a school and that school can do what they want.  You don’t like it, then don’t attend the event next year but you don’t get to dictate what they do.  I’m sure they have other holidays too as they come up.  Just because they did not have whatever holiday that occurs at other times of the year does not mean they are not inclusive.  And no, my kids don’t go to CM 
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