ST JOSEPH’S CELEBRATE MULTI-CULTURAL LINKS
STUDENTS FROM ALMOST 50 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES NOW ATTENDING THE SCHO0L
ST JOSEPH’S Secondary School marked annual culture week with a celebration of alls sorts - from singing to basketball, food tasting to showing off the best from cultures from around the world.
All the First Year students were involved in the week long event and for teacher Brian Lynch, who organised the festivities with Deirdre O’Doherty and Patrick Traynor, it showed the great diversity that exists in the Termonfeckin Road premises.
‘We had a varied week with some great highlights,’ he stated.
At one stage, the students had a Create Music worskhop where they wrote their own song and then performed it to fellow classmates.
The Boomerang Youth Service did their own workshop while another great event was a presentation on the India Project.
Later this year, a group of TY students will soend 10 days working in a school in India, teaching English and helping out. Three teachers and deputy principal Mr Traynor will accompany them.
‘ The project has been ongoing for 18 years and has become part of the fabric of the school,’ Mr Lynch addedadded. Fundraising is ongoing for the project at the moment and the students would appreciate all the support they can get.
During the week, the students also staged a basketball and World Cup football tournament.
Last Friday saw the culmination of the week with a Food Culture Fare, everything from Tayto sandwiches, sweet and sour noodles from Japan, and traditional dishes from Poland to Nigeria and Lithuania on show.