Spring Hill School Plans Its Annual International Day Festival

Spring Hill School (Spring Hill Montessori and Spring Hill Academy), Petaluma’s independent school which offers a bilingual curriculum for toddlers through elementary students, will hold its annual International Day Festival, on Friday, October 31 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at its lower campus at 825 Middlefield Drive.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary serving toddler through elementary aged students, this year’s festival will celebrate the school’s global curriculum, diversity education, bilingual programs, and complete a 6-week study of world cultures.

The festival will feature international interactive experiences for children as well as student projects highlighting the fields of art, cooking, climate, ecosystems, sustainability, habitats, human impact and more.

Karen Tarver (Director of Communications and Admissions) states “This festival is unique in that it fully integrates world cultures with the different focuses of Spring Hill’s curriculum. For example, we incorporate our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), sustainability, environmental studies, bilingual, and creative programs into our explorations of other countries and cultures.”

She also adds, “This event is a unique opportunity for children to experience global cultures
(with their hand created passports in-hand) right from our doorstep. Another magical
experience from Spring Hill School!”

Head of School Shaharazad Hamidi, who understands the immense value in multicultural
education in that she herself lived in three countries and is fluent in three languages, states, “My goal for Spring Hill students is that they become joyful, confident learners and well rounded individuals capable of making informed choices and fair judgments in encountering and dealing with the challenges of the real world.”

--Image and information courtesy of Spring Hill School.