About+Octoberfeast

= Octoberfeast =



What is Octoberfeast?
Octoberfeast is a celebration that will expose students to a variety of world cultures so that they may embrace both the similarities and unique qualities in the global community.

When is Octoberfeast?
Octoberfeast will be held on Thursday October 29th, 2009. Students will follow an early dismissal schedule on this day. The celebration will take place from between 1:30 and 3:00.

Who is Participating?
All teachers who have a Reading Edge or System 44 class are to participate. Other teachers will be assigned to various duties. Teachers will be expected to give a presentation on a country of their choice. These choices are first-come, first-served. In some instances, as anticipated attendance will dictate, there may be multiple sessions for the same country. Each teacher will give their presentation three times; a new group of students will arrive for each session.
 * In the case of teacher absences, you should have **** Octoberfeast presentation plans available so your substitute can give your presentations. **

What Kind of Presentation Should I Do?
This is really up to you. Some ideas or things to include could be: These are suggestions; feel free to use all, some or none of them. The presentations should be hands-on and should not consist only of a video or the like.
 * Crafts
 * Food
 * Photos
 * Clothing/costumes
 * Videos

Students will travel to the 3 countries listed on their passports (passports will be distributed prior to October 29th). Each session will be approximately 25 minutes long and the tentative schedule is as follows: media type="googlespreadsheet" key="t_ktKVZu0iJFZ8lBuToFIMg" width="500" height="300" align="center"