Decatur International School Embraces its Diversity on UN Day

Students from the International Community School in Decatur spent last Nov. 7 celebrating their native cultures and that of their multi-ethnic classmates in a belated celebration of United Nations Day.

The school hosted guest speakers and held student performances while students dressed in in costumes authentic to their native countries and led a parade that processed along the neighborhood roads of Medlock.

“Today’s headlines are filled with conflicts worldwide, often stemming from prejudice and cultural clashes,” said school Principal Edgar Miranda in a press release. “[Our school] illustrates how a group of children from remarkably different backgrounds can learn and play harmoniously together while fostering diversity. United Nations Day celebrates this.”

The subject of the 2012 documentary “A Place in the World,” Decatur’s International Community School is known for accepting half its students from refugee and immigrant populations, while the remaining half is local children.

Located at 2418 Wood Trail Lane, the Decatur charter school educates students from kindergarten through fifth grade and aims to cultivate voice, courage and hope among their students with a well-rounded curriculum and low student to teacher ratios.

Photo credit: Clay Walker

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