'Best day ever': Students at St. John's elementary school share cultures through food and fashion

Alex Kennedy · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 13, 2025 10:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

The yearly multiculturalism time just astatine Bishop Abraham Elementary schoolhouse successful St. John's is simply a unsocial cross-section of cultures from astir the world, and students accidental they emotion showing their cultures portion learning about different ones.

Megan Flemming, a Grade 6 teacher, said the schoolhouse is among the astir culturally divers successful Newfoundland and Labrador. Thirty countries and 30 different languages are represented wrong its walls.

"This is conscionable an lawsuit to assistance showcase each of the cultures astatine our school, and get students to consciousness similar they're invited here," added teacher Charlene Feltham.

"It's precise hard to support them calm connected days similar this, but we privation them to get excited astir things similar these."

The lawsuit is besides a time students look guardant to. They stitchery to observe their ain civilization and larn from others done food, manner and more.

Jasmeen Alfaoury, a Grade 6 pupil primitively from Syria, told CBC News she was arrogant to showcase her hijab and aureate jewelry.

"I'm truly blessed and excited," Jasmeen said. "This is the champion time ever."

Sheldon Marsh, manager of schools for Bishop Abraham, said the children's enthusiasm is infectious.

"I deliberation it's a large accidental to amusement the diverseness of cultures present astatine Bishop Abraham," helium said.

"It's a large accidental for everyone to benignant of spot the uniqueness of the antithetic food. The manner amusement is surely a hit.... It's truly bully to spot each the students coming out."

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