Students at two Penn Manor schools recently celebrated their heritage with food.
Penn Manor High School students shared the foods of their native countries with fellow students, teachers and staff during the third annual Multicultural Day, held on May 2 in the school gymnasium.
On May 9, Eshleman Elementary School held its World Food Fair, featuring foods from 17 different countries, including Bhutan, Eritrea, Brazil, Nicaragua, Nepal and Hungary.
Students and their family members dressed in native garb and displayed maps, flags and other symbols of the countries they represented.
For the high school event, students prepared foods from the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Nepal, Nigeria, Mexico and Puerto Rico to share with the school community. Several students donned traditional garb as part of the celebration.
In order to sample the food, students and staff members had to learn to say a common phrase in the language of the country represented. In addition to preparing the foods, students created colorful displays about their countries and talked about some of the geographic features and traditions of their native lands.
The event is the culminating project for the school's Multicultural Club, which was established three years ago by Etsub Tolossa, a Penn Manor senior from Ethiopia. Club advisors are Penn Manor foreign language teachers Katharine Rodriguez and Nadine Smith.
A total of 24 different languages are spoken in the homes of about 325 students in Penn Manor School District.
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