September
11: First Meeting/Introduction/Get to know you
September
18: Oktoberfest (Movies, Pretzels, Music, German Bingo)
September
25: Hispanic Heritage (Pottery, Piñata,?)
October
2: Hispanic Heritage (Handicrafts Continued)
October 16: Sign Language/
Japanese Health & Sport Day
October
23: Ramadan/ Eid al Fitr/ Día de los Muertos (Movie, Flowers, Skeletons)
October
30: Día de los Muertos ~ Sugar Skulls, Papel Picado,
November
6: National French Week (Crepes, Waiter Races, Trivia)
November 13: Polish Independence
Day (Guest Speaker?, Paper Cutouts)
November
20: Catherinettes (Hat Making)
November
27: Season’s Greetings (Greeting Cards)
December
4: St. Nicholas Day (Shoes)
December
11: Holiday Celebration (Holiday Ornaments)
December 18: Las Posadas
(Mexican Processions & Piñata)
January
8: Three Kings Day / La Lotería (Movie, Bingo)
January
22: Art Exploration
January
29: Foreign Films/ Make a Food/ Jewelry Making/ Winter Games/?
February
5: Mardi Gras / Carnival (Masks) [Ethnic Prep]
February
12: Chinese New Year (Chinese Story, Cut Outs, Language) [Ethnic Prep]
February
26: Celebrate National Foreign Language Week (Actually 3/5 – 3/11) (Culture
Games,
International Food Tasting)
[Ethnic Prep]
March 12:
Holi: Festival of Color ~ India (Color Wars/Henna Painting) [Ethnic Prep]
March 19:
Now Ruz ~ New Years in the Middle East (Tea House/Leap frog/Backgammon/Chess/
Henna painting) [Ethnic
Celebration]
April 2:
Cascarones
April 9: Chocolate
April 16:
International Garden Month: Plant Flowers / Pesach (Bread Hunt) [Plan P. D.]
April 23: Liberation Day:
Italy o Book and Lovers Day: Spain [Plan P.D.]
April 30: Cinco de Mayo (Video, Dancing,
Bark Painting) [Plan P.D.]
May 7: Vappu
(Findland) / Walpurgis (Sweedan) [Plan P.D.]
May 14: Hina Matsuri (Japanese
Crafts) [Plan P.D.]
May 21:
End of the Year Celebration
*30 Total
Meetings