Milwaukee Public Schools teams up with the UN Association of Greater Milwaukee for lesson on diversity

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — College students at 14 Milwaukee Public Faculties (MPS) immersed themselves in tradition and nations world wide Tuesday. 

For the fourth time, the district teamed up with the United Nations Affiliation of Better Milwaukee to show and reveal simply how numerous the world is.  

Three thousand center schoolers confirmed off their tasks on the UWM Panther Area on Tuesday, April 19. A lot of them spent weeks diving into one other tradition and studying about it. 

“In Milwaukee Public College variety is actually our energy,” mentioned MPS superintendent Keith Posley. 

The lesson taught college students in regards to the significance of celebrating the variations in different nations, but in addition the variations proper in their very own school rooms. 

“I assume I didn’t actually know a lot about something of ocean air pollution and the risks of ocean air pollution,” mentioned eighth grader, Walker Holoubak

Consultant with the United Nations in Milwaukee walked round and seemed on the tasks.

“What have you ever discovered in regards to the geography. What excites you about it,” mentioned Annette Robertson. Robertson can be the cofounder of the UN Faculties of Worldwide Studying. She says college students must spend extra time studying about geography and life somewhere else. 

Third grader Bri Dol spent her time studying about Samoan tradition.

“They’ve crops and animals in Samoa, like tiger sharks,” mentioned Dol. 

As college students got here round to have a look at her mission, she handed out a Samoan flag sticker for them to place of their passports.

After showcasing their very own tasks, entertainers from numerous cultures danced and talked about what makes them distinctive, together with the Ukrainian Ensemble group. Lecturers and faculty leaders mentioned it was extra essential than ever to spotlight Ukraine’s tradition on the occasion this yr.