A Hindu group is calling on the WW-P school district to include Diwali as an official school holiday on its calendar.
In a statement, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, based in Nevada, pointed to the South Brunswick school district’s calendar for the 2011-’12 school year, which includes a holiday on Wednesday, October 26, for Diwali/Deepavali.
“Awareness about other religions thus created by such holidays would make the district pupils well-nurtured, well-balanced, and enlightened citizens of tomorrow,” Zed said. “It would make the district look good also besides bringing cohesion and unity in the community.”
About 51 percent of the WW-P district’s students are of Asian descent, and “there is considerable presence of students of India background,” said Zed.
WW-P school board President Hemant Marathe said the district lists Diwali on the calendar, but there are no plans to make any changes to the official school holidays as of right now. “We try to list as many festivals as are recognized by the state,” he said.
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>Don't know or care about DAwanili.
Posted: 06/07/2011 3:49 pm by anonymousbut do you care Rosh Hashanah?
Last I checked Israel is not America.
>Don't know or care about DAwanili.
Posted: 06/05/2011 8:19 pm by anonymousbut do you care Rosh Hashanah?
Don't know or care about DAwanili.
Posted: 06/05/2011 6:10 pm by anonymousWhy does the school close for Rosh Hashanah?
Posted: 06/05/2011 8:38 am by anonymousbecause this is AMERICA.
India is another country we can't even see from here. What does India have to do with America? American schools have no duty to celebrate another country's holiday.
Posted: 06/04/2011 2:52 pm by anonymousWhy does the school close for Rosh Hashanah?
Posted: 06/03/2011 10:22 pm by anonymousIf we add India, then we must add Singapore, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Ireland, England, Germany, Iran, Iraq, plus 200 other countries. Don't you understand why we cannot observe every countries holiday? We would have more holidays than acutal school days. We celebrate U.S. holidays because this is AMERICA.
Posted: 05/27/2011 7:40 pm by anonymousCelebrate in your own home if you must.