Belleville School Celebrates Cultural Diversity

The Home and School Association at Belleville's School No. 3 celebrated different ethnic backgrounds and diverse culture at its first multicultural evening event that featured ethnic foods.

Parents and students recognize that children are coming from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, according to Ana Courtney, Vice President of the Association. 

“We wanted to honor the multiple cultures that we have here at School No. 3,” said Courtney.

Rachel Velez, treasurer of the association, led the committee to start the event and called the evening,“a wonderful event.” 

 “We had 30-plus dishes, six of  which were desserts,” Velez said.  The countries represented were America, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Ireland, Italy, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Columbia, Venezuela, and Mexico.  

The parents said  there were three performances of “Dance to My Rhythm,”  one featuring School No. 3 students.  “Serrano's Music” was performed with a four-piece music group, and one School  No. 3 student performed with the group. The event took place earlier this spring.