Feb. 20, 2018

The Diversity Assembly on the 15 of February went great, because of the layout, the issues, and differences that were addressed and especially because of the involvement of the students and staff throughout the assembly.

This assembly seemed to be better organized than last years and it held the attention of both the students and staff, which is sometimes difficult to do. There were many things and people that were brought up including gender inequality, three African American students recited a poem, students with disabilities, a traditional Filipino dance, and more!   

“This year’s Diversity Assembly went spectacular,” Says Grace Chun, the ASB President and coordinator of the Diversity Assembly, “Although change occurs over a long period of time, I hope that this assembly plants the small seed in everyone’s mind so that they can view diversity through a different lens and understand the various meanings behind the concept.”

The Diversity Assembly had a good mixture of performances that caught the audience’s attention. It first started with students giving their definition of what ‘diversity’ means. GSA had posters with different sexuality terms on them and the speaker gave the definition for each word, the Gender Equality club spoke about equality, three African American students took turns reading lines from a poem, five students with different disabilities gave a short description of how their lives are with a disability and how they don’t let it stop them, a traditional Filipino folk dance called Tinikling was performed by 11 students, and lastly there was an ASL performance of the Glee version of the song ‘Lean on Me.’

“I feel very proud of the effort our students invested in building a respectful, inclusive atmosphere at CK.  As we continue to hear from students and include their perspectives, I believe a possible annual diversity assembly could become even more impactful,” Katie Staker, the ASB and Activities Coordinator and science teacher here at Central Kitsap High School.

All of these performances were very good and unique and will hopefully be something that students will always remember.