With the end of the year approaching, our December center spotlight is to share all of the holidays and cultural events that are celebrated around the center and at home by all of our BGCC families and everyone in our community. We are always looking for new ways to incorporate and teach different cultural traditions into our classrooms and make every person who walks into the center welcome! To celebrate Lunar New Year, an important Holiday in China that celebrates the beginning of spring and new year on a traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar with festivals and dinners, the children filled out a hongbao, ate kam’s, and helped decorate the classroom with their own artwork. For Chuseok, a Korean holiday to celebrate and gather during the full harvest moon with special plates of food, one of our children brought in snacks and a book for the class to read and translate to the class! For Hispanic Heritage Month, a celebration of the culture, histories, and contributions of Hispanic Americans, our very own Mrs. Erika held a fiesta in her classroom to spread inclusivity for a stronger nation. Thank you to the families and teachers who shared their traditions with us through activities, art, clothing, cuisine, music, stories, and more!

Here are all of the holidays that were celebrated by families from the center throughout the 2022 calendar year! We wish everyone Happy Holidays!

JANUARY:

New Year’s Day: January 1

Maghe Sankranti: January 15

Martin Luther King Jr: January 16

Pongal: January 15-18

Spring Festival: January 22

Seollal: January 22

Lunar New Year: January 22

Sul-Nal: January 21-24

FEBURARY:

Black History Month

Shabbat: February : 4-5

Valentines Day: February 14

Lent Begins: February 22

MARCH:

Purim: March 6-7

Holi: March 8

St. Patrick’s Day: March 17

Benito Juarez: March 20

Persian New Year: March 21-22

APRIL:

Lent Ends: April 6

Easter: April 9

Sinhala New Year: April 13-14

Thai New Year: April 13-15

Good Friday: April 15

Eid-ul-fitr: April 21

Passover: April 15-23

Fiesta: April 20-30

MAY:

Mothers Day: May 8

Memorial Day: May 29

JUNE:

Feast of Corpus Christi: June 16

Juneteenth: June 19

Fathers Day: June 19

Dragon Boat Festival: June 22

Midsummer: June 24

Eid-ul-adha: June 28

JULY:

Canada Day: July 1

Independence Day: July 4

AUGUST:

Teej: August 19

SEPTEMBER:

Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15- October 15

Labor Day: September 5

Mid-Autumn Festival: September 10

Korean Thanksgiving: September 10

Chuseok: September 10

Mexican Independence Day: September 16

Saudi National Day: September 23

Rosh Hashanah: September 25-27 

OCTOBER:

Yom Kippur: October 4-5

Diwali: October 24

Halloween: October 31

NOVEMBER:

Dia de los muertos: November 2

Veterans Day: November 11

Thanksgiving: November 24

DECEMBER:

Hanukkah: December 18-26

Christmas: December 25

New Year’s Eve: December 31