{"id":261902,"date":"2017-10-09T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=261902"},"modified":"2017-10-09T06:00:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T20:00:20","slug":"mount-carmel-celebrates-cultural-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mount-carmel-celebrates-cultural-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Carmel celebrates cultural diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-261902 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mount-carmel-celebrates-cultural-diversity\/mcs-cultural-diversity-day-02-2\/'>MCS-Cultural-Diversity-Day-02<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-261905'>\n\t\t\t\tGrade 2 Mount Carmel School students represent Japan. (MCS)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mount-carmel-celebrates-cultural-diversity\/mcs-cultural-diversity-day-03-2\/'>MCS-Cultural-Diversity-Day-03<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-261906'>\n\t\t\t\tThird-grade Mount Carmel School students represent Malaysia. (MCS)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mount-carmel-celebrates-cultural-diversity\/mcs-cultural-diversity-day-04-2\/'>MCS-Cultural-Diversity-Day-04<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-261907'>\n\t\t\t\tFourth-grade Mount Carmel School students represent the CNMI. 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(MCS)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mount-carmel-celebrates-cultural-diversity\/mcs-cultural-diversity-day-08-2\/'>MCS-Cultural-Diversity-Day-08<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-261911'>\n\t\t\t\tMount Carmel School counselor Tobed Smith, front right, joins freshmen class adviser Criselda Aldan, front left, in leading the freshmen in representing Palau. (MCS)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mount-carmel-celebrates-cultural-diversity\/mcs-cultural-diversity-day-09-2\/'>MCS-Cultural-Diversity-Day-09<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-261912'>\n\t\t\t\tMount Carmel School seniors gather for a group photo after representing India.   \t                 (MCS)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mount-carmel-celebrates-cultural-diversity\/mcs-cultural-diversity-day-10-2\/'>MCS-Cultural-Diversity-Day-10<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-261913'>\n\t\t\t\tMount Carmel School Grade 3 students prepare to represent Malaysia. 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(MCS)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Despite fears about rain and a few sprinkles, the sun came out in full force last Friday just in time for Mount Carmel School\u2019s annual celebration of Cultural Diversity Day.<\/p>\n<p>MCS students represented over a dozen cultures with a parade, cultural dances, and performances. <\/p>\n<p>The celebration featured the following grade levels showcasing their respective cultural traditions: K4-Philippines, K5-USA, Grade 1-Korea, Grade 2-Japan, Grade 3-Malaysia, Grade 4-CNMI, Grade 5-Marshall Islands, Grade 6-Samoa, Grade 7-Micronesia, Grade 8-Thailand, Grade 9-Palau, Grade 10-Indonesia, Grade 11-China, and Grade 12-India.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween the performances, the food, and all the fun, our students celebrated the cultural diversity that makes our school family truly special,\u201d said school president Galvin Deleon Guerrero. \u201cThe [children] were full of energy and their performances were wonderful!\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Deleon Guerrero also recognized the value of the school\u2019s diversity. \u201cAs one of our longest standing traditions, long before the CNMI declared its own Cultural Diversity Day, it\u2019s heartwarming to see our students, faculty, and staff appreciate our cultural diversity so much. After all, we are a very culturally diverse school, so it\u2019s important that we value and validate who we are on a day like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Student Council president Erika Mendiola agreed. \u201cThis is something that I look forward to every year because everyone gets to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a time for us all to respect and celebrate the diversity that makes us who we are,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite fears about rain and a few sprinkles, the sun came out in full force&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":261905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[13733,1737,1111,2776],"class_list":["post-261902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","tag-cultural-diversity-day","tag-galvin-deleon-guerrero","tag-mount-carmel-school","tag-student-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}