Snapshot: UMIS Students Celebrate Diversity Day

The l (UMIS) celebrated its annual Diversity Day on Jan. 13.

 According to Nora Rosenbaum, the school district's Community Information Director, the event is designed to recognize what makes a student unique, as well as help students recognize that they all share unique qualities about them.

At this year’s Diversity Day, UMIS students volunteered to research and present the customs and heritage from other countries. The students’ presentations were made for the entire school community.

Some students were able to share information about countries from their own heritage.

All student presenters brought with them flags from the countries they researched, as well as shared ethnic food from those countries.

[Upadated 1-22-12] “[We are] extremely fortunate that Upper Moreland has a rich diversity,” Valorie Hawkins, UMIS fifth-grade teacher, said in an e-mail. “From that rich diversity our students become more compassionate and appreciative of other cultures.”