April 17, 2024
Last Thursday, the Parents Association hosted Cultural Celebration Day, an evening celebrating the diversity of backgrounds at MPA with food, music, dance and community. Some of the highlights of the event were beautiful dance performances by MPA parents and students, colorfully decorated tables set up by the hosts sharing their culture and cuisine, the ever-popular henna artist, Bilkis and Boba tea vendor, Treats. It was wonderful to experience the energy and engagement from community members. We hope to see you all next year!
A big thank you to all who helped make this event a success:
Cultural Celebration Planning Committe: Fatima Khan, Erika Beernink, Mitun Gupta, Tenia Kalogeropoulou, Reema Anwar, Seema Anwar and senior, Soumya Raman
Cultural booth hosts: Moira Duverneau-Salifu and Ishmael Salifu, Jingtao Wang, Nouf Gazdar, Abdullah Hejazi, Than Zaw, Maw Maw Win, Rudy Karam, Catrin Magnusson, Evelyn Johnson, Maria Jose Johnson, Jessica Blue, Marisue Gleason, Cedar Meem, Kari and Jeffrey Kunze-Hoeg, Samah Fahmy, Mark Segal, Chanda Williams, Tara Lafferty, Mitun Gupta, Srilakshmi Sastry, Fatima Khan, Reema Anwar, Fabiola Grubhofer
MPA Staff: Cherie Honan, Lamar Shingles, Jennifer Le Varge, Natalie Waters Seum and Michael Pappas – Communications, Roy Timm and Tom Connors – Facilities Department, and Chris Pula – Sage Dining Services
MPA students: Soumya Raman, Izze Espinosa, Zephyr Bulera, Salma Egal, Hanna Egal, Nabila Artan, Ella Li, James Xing, Steve Lin, Mina Kim, Jadyn Delgado, Maynadi Zaw, Noorjahan Khan, Finley Hanson, Yuhan Zou, Lucy Mayer, Lara Bodylawson, August Fischer, Molly Vergin, Zoya Nayak, Zainab Lodhi
Event volunteers: Karlyn Peterson, Staci Banks, Ibtissam Kheiri, Adi Risner, Farzana Tucker
