Throughout the week of November 13th, Sanfordville celebrated multicultural awareness. Each morning Mrs. Barlow-Layne’s students said good morning in different languages, families worked on heritage projects at home, and foreign exchange students from our high school visited the 4th grade classes. On Wednesday, November 15th, SES families and friends were invited to our First Annual Multicultural Night entitled “Celebrating Us!”
Multicultural team members planned, organized, and participated in the evening. The team included: April Wright, Beverley Rice, Brittany Botta, Erin Boyle, Tricia Tilton, Dianne Connolly, Johnna Maraia, Cathy Bloomer, Brittni Troy, Jenny Augelli, Annette Sanchez, Linda Kaplan, Maripat Barlow-Layne, Carrie Ann Greiner, Jamie Harrington, Melissa Sobotor, Megan Howard, Laure Ragans, and Nicole Gujar.
Some highlights of the night included the students’ family projects displayed in the Hall of Heritage, a photo booth with props from various countries, two large world maps where students pinned flags on the countries where their ancestors originated from, and students loved the World-Wide Detectives Scavenger Hunt. Families whirled around the world in the cafeteria where they learned songs and dances from around the world. Our volunteer instructors were... Maxwell Kofi Donkor- African Drumming, Nancy Rosario Layne- Latin Salsa, Maria Bonaccorsi Benson-The Tarantella, Darrah Carr and daughter, Cavan Byrne- Irish Step dancing, Helen Fernandez and family-Greek Dancing, Melanie Hogan and family- Polish Polka, Ethel Hemsi- The Horah, and Alison Echevarria-American Folk Music.
Multicultural team members planned, organized, and participated in the evening. The team included: April Wright, Beverley Rice, Brittany Botta, Erin Boyle, Tricia Tilton, Dianne Connolly, Johnna Maraia, Cathy Bloomer, Brittni Troy, Jenny Augelli, Annette Sanchez, Linda Kaplan, Maripat Barlow-Layne, Carrie Ann Greiner, Jamie Harrington, Melissa Sobotor, Megan Howard, Laure Ragans, and Nicole Gujar.
Some highlights of the night included the students’ family projects displayed in the Hall of Heritage, a photo booth with props from various countries, two large world maps where students pinned flags on the countries where their ancestors originated from, and students loved the World-Wide Detectives Scavenger Hunt. Families whirled around the world in the cafeteria where they learned songs and dances from around the world. Our volunteer instructors were... Maxwell Kofi Donkor- African Drumming, Nancy Rosario Layne- Latin Salsa, Maria Bonaccorsi Benson-The Tarantella, Darrah Carr and daughter, Cavan Byrne- Irish Step dancing, Helen Fernandez and family-Greek Dancing, Melanie Hogan and family- Polish Polka, Ethel Hemsi- The Horah, and Alison Echevarria-American Folk Music.