Around the World in 80 Platters
The annual “Taste of Culture” lunch held on Friday, March 27, 2015.
West Bloomfield High School (WBHS) honors diversity in many ways. There are numerous clubs such as African American Awareness Club, Spanish Club, Japanese Club, French Club, etc. Another way WBHS honors diversity was through the annually held Taste of Culture Luncheon. Spanish teacher Gregory Vennettiilli held this event on Friday, March 27, 2015. For one dollar students were able to try a variety of entrees and desserts. Vennettilli stated “The Taste of culture is held to highlight over 60 ethnicities that we have here in the high school.” For this luncheon, world language students donated dishes for extra credit.
“We have always had an Ethnic Festival for about 20 years here at WBHS. Over the years it has changed from a Festival to a display of ethnic dishes from all over the world. Our present Taste of Culture has been going on for about 10 years,” explained Vennettilli. His hopes for the ethnic lunch were “to bring awareness of the various cultures that we have here in the school. For one dollar students have the opportunity to sample the foods of the many different cultures that are represented within our school.”
The Taste of Culture lunch was just one way WBHS honors the wide diversity of students. Along with clubs and other events, the Taste of Culture helps spread awareness of the numerous cultures in the West Bloomfield community.
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Katia Kolesnitchenko • Apr 29, 2015 at 10:12 am
I think that this is a great event to showcase some of the different cultures that we have in our community. It’s also a great opportunity for students to share the culture that they may not be able to broadcast in their everyday school lives.
Maroukie Khemmoro • Apr 29, 2015 at 10:03 am
I went to taste the culture and it was really fun! It’s one of my favorite times at school because I get to fill up a plate for not that much money with all these different foods that I get to try
Shion Otsuka • Apr 29, 2015 at 9:59 am
I really liked how you used this event to emphasize and represent West Bloomfield’s diversity. It creates a deeper meaning to the whole event. The incorporation of quotes was done really well and the background information helped to create more interest in the Taste of Culture. The title was also catchy and informative!
Rhea Mathias • Apr 29, 2015 at 9:56 am
I really enjoyed the Taste of Culture day. The food at this event was really good and it loved being able to experience different cultures.
Helena Peraca • Apr 29, 2015 at 9:53 am
I think that was a very interesting event that the school provided for only $1 dollar, I was there and I could get as much food as I could put in a plastic plate and could taste many different food from different places and I think that is very important to share your culture with other people .
Kaela Jibson • Apr 29, 2015 at 9:49 am
Tast of culture is always fun, I enjoy trying new foods but I think when someone is organizing and event like this for the school they should consider those of us in c- lunch. By the time the back of the line gets to go through most of the food is already gone and the line takes forever. If some of these problems were fixed I think I would look forward to it more often.
Justin Frommer • Apr 29, 2015 at 9:47 am
This was a very good news article on a very popular event in the school