Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2005, Page 190

Description:	Dy Nicole RddazioDloomington High School South is often described as a diuense melting pot of people, uuith many different cultures and ethnicbackgrounds, Numerous students are inuolued In their ancestry, and enjoy nesearching and participating In euents and traditions thatcelebrate their heritage, Enter Diuersity club,Diuersity club, uuhich meets once a uueek, is made up of students from South representing unique backgrounds, fTleetlngs are oftenfilled uuith presentations of different countries, and conuersatlons discussing the differences In cultures, Fon the students uuho Join theclub, uuhich Is open to new members all year long, their main goal is to spnead awareness and knowledge about diuersity, senion maniaOkeke said, and to plan fun upcoming euents that can get the rest of the student body Inuolued, The club prides Itself in its of forts tc jraise help for world causes, This year the club tackled raising money for the tsunami relief effort In Southeast Rsia by putting togethera uery successful bake sale, Howeuen, the biggest project of the club occurs euery yean Diuensity Day,Diuersity Day, held each ITIarch, consists of different people presenting aspects of a country that otherwise might not be paidattention to, I made a booth for Horean traditional ants, senior Jason Lee said, and while researching It I found old drawings of mymoms that were made while she was liuing In Horea, Itwas really cool to recouer something from anothenera, and to share it with the nest of the club,UUhateuer the euent, Diuersity club is a gnoup thathelps to make Dloomington the diuerse place that It is,and helps to keep small town DHSS up to speed withthe rest of the wonld,(Above) Senior iWaria Okeke and sophomore KaurenAnderson look over the spread of food during the DiversityBake sale, fn between selling the goods, club memberswere able to sneak some food for themselves as well.(Right) Diversity Olub members, junior SharadaSubramanian and senior Aiaria Okeke, hand out samplesol food as they promote reasons to join the Diversity Club.f he annual Diversity rood Sale was a huge success,prompting many students to leave the boring cafeteria foodin exchange for exciting ethnic cuisine.190 Activities
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Collection:	Bloomington High School South

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