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[quote=Anonymous]Atheist GDS parent here. There have been Diwali celebrations/assemblies (just not pageants -- like the Harvest Festival, Christmas, Passover, or MLK's Birthday programs where parents are invited) since my MS student was in PreK or K at least. And Chinese New Year. Not sure about Eid (DC definitely came home talking about it once but my sense is that, unlike Diwali and Chinese New Year, this hasn't been something they celebrate every year). Basically, there's a weekly community assembly in the lower school and lots of the topics are multicultural. Plus parents are routinely invited in to share holidays, traditions, etc. in the lower grades. I'm all for pluralizing rather than eliminating discussions of religion and other belief systems (e.g. Greek mythology, West African epics) especially when they move beyond holidays and venture into the realm of ideals and of how people and communities make sense of the world.[/quote]
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