Family Culture Night
This year’s Family Culture Night will be held on Friday, Oct 20th at Kenmore Elementary School. Our theme is I Belong…Building Community Together. ALL families are welcome to join Family Culture Night from 5:30-8:00pm. This event is an opportunity for staff, students and families to share their unique identities, cultures, and traditions with our KE community. Culture is more than country or heritage. It can also be what makes you and/or your family unique; e.g., special skill or talent, neurodiversity such as ADHD, family values, anything that makes you YOU! Come and enjoy a family night together and learn alongside each other.
The evening is a two part event:
- 5:30pm-6:30pm: A community gathering where families can explore student created displays sharing their family culture & potluck food as well as watch cultural performances in the gym.
- 6:30-8:00pm: A 3-part rotation schedule that allows families to choose between 20-min workshops in various locations on campus. Activities include: Kendo “the Art of the Sword,” African dance, All About India, Theater Games, Art & Crafts, a Piñata workshop and more. Do you want to teach a workshop?
Participants, Performers and Volunteers
The PTA is planning a wonderful community event, but we need your help. We are looking for ways in which you might be interested in participating, performing and/or volunteering at the event and want to ensure you feel included. Please sign up online here!
Event Highlights
- All kids get a free meal – we will have tamales, Brazilian acai bowls and other sandwiches for purchase ($10 each).
- Performances by KE’s Drumming Club, KE’s music department, a Kendo demo and an African dance performance
- A parade of cultural dress begins at 6:20pm
- Incredible Learning Gallery in the library full of student’s work
- PopUp StoryWalk’s “The Water Princess” will be installed around the perimeter of the school grounds
- Collecting stamps in students’ passports
- Share about your culture or food by submitting a flipgrid. All flipgrid submissions due Oct.13th.
FCN Registration!
Need a copy? Click here to access the English version, and here to access the Spanish version.
FCN Tool Kit
These pages are to be helpful guides in creating your family culture board for FAMILY CULTURE NIGHT on Friday, Oct. 20th, 5:30 – 8:00pm. You don’t have to fill out every page – simply choose any to help you delve into your family identity and share who you are with your Kenmore Cubs community.
Need a copy? Click here to access the English version, and here to download the Spanish version.
“We Are Kenmore” Cookbook
Submit your recipes by Oct 6th! This cookbook is not only a collection of recipes, but one lovely example of the wealth of knowledge and wisdom all our families have within them that when shared, brings us closer together—building community together. We encourage you to try these recipes in your own family kitchens, and hope they inspire you to explore the tastes of our Kenmore Cub family cultures.
Download this year’s Kenmore Cookbook in English or Spanish!
Previous editions:
Download our 2023 Kenmore Cookbook in English or Spanish.
Download our 2022 Kenmore Cookbook in English or Spanish.
Interested in helping organize this year’s event? Teach a workshop? Participate in a performance? Volunteer during the event? Please contact Elisabeth.
Directory Listing for Position: Family Culture Night
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Elisabeth Lepine | Send A Message |
| Anna Nanavati | Send A Message |