Global Education International Night is Thursday at Decas School

WAREHAM – Wareham Public School Global Education’s International Night ’19 will be Thursday, March 21, 5:30-7 p.m. at the John W. Decas School, 760 Main St.

Wareham Public Schools’ International Night began in 2003 when Joan Seamans joined the Wareham District. The PTA helped to run it for many years. For the last couple of years it has been supported by WPS Global Education. Parent Maritta Milne and teacher Laura Pol have been event coordinators for the past few years.

Cultural displays this year will include Portugal, Italy, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Morocco, China, Ecuador, Mexico, Haiti, and Wampanoag. Tables are set up by students and their families, teachers, and the Wampanoag Tribe of Mashpee.

Performances will include African Dancer Extraordinaire (Cherice Bulger, Wareham teacher), Irish Step Dancing (Shannon Daily, fourth grader), Chinese Cultural Performance (Can Wang, Mass Maritime Academy), and Wampanoag Regalia and music (Kitty Hendricks-Miller, and Wareham students).

This year for the first time Bridgewater State University’s Project Earth View will be set up in the gymnasium. Families have signed up to be able to actually enter this giant inflatable globe to learn all about the world around them.

Many local restaurants have generously donated food for International Night, including Chili’s, Papa Gino’s, Gateway Tavern, Lindsey’s, 99, El Mariachi’s, Wareham House of Pizza, Minerva’s, Panera Bread, and Mumma Mary’s.

Volunteers include teachers, parents, Mass Maritime Academy students, community members, and Wareham High School International Baccalaureate, Key Club, and Global Education students.