Topic: events
Eastlake High's Culture Night 2006
Will Be . . .
OPEN to other schools
[no this is not the ad, but the first pg of our 50pg powerpoint proposal to the school administration]
Friday May 19, 2006 [tentative]
6-10pm
Talent Show, Dance, Club Fair, College Outreach by UCSD, SDSU, SWC cultural clubs
[tentative] acts include: Morse All-Male Dance Team, Mira Mesa Co-ed Dance Team, Tin Cagayat, Kinections, Westview & Mt. Carmel High dance groups, Redefined hip hop dance team, Shay, STEP team, ballet folklorico, Hiyas and many more
STAY TUNED FOR OUR OFFICIAL AD'S AND UPDATES ON ACTUAL DAY, TIME, AND ACTS :]
btw, we need MONEY to bring this breakthrough event to EHS. around $1,500 for security, police, decorations, etc.
So PLEASE if you or anyone you know would like to donate [any ammount will be GREAT!! even 5bucks!] TELL ...parents, friends, students, community businesses, restaurants, realtors, organizations to donate generously
print: sponsor/ donor letter: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/r4jr/9c4dd351.jpg
print: sponsor/donor information sheet:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/r4jr/culturenightsponsorinfo.jpg
or email us for the sponsor letters and/or questions: EHSculturenight@gmail.com
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A few words from the committee who brought you Eastlake's first OPEN event in nine years . . .
OPENED to other schools..EASTLAKE CULTURE NIGHT 2006
Finally.
Nine years of closed events
Three years without a culture night
Three years of dieing cultural awareness at our school
Three years of repeated rejection of OPENING our doors
Three years of diminishing activism and membership in AASU, AiA, & MEChA
2006 .. Time for change
Culture night is finally OPEN. And will bring back the culture & talent Eastlake High deserves to see and experience
Three months ago.the International Student Union was born out of AASU, AiA, & MEChA. Janesta Edmonds, Rosauro Hernandez, Lauren Lallana, Marlon King, Joseph Maningas, Jessica Medina, & Nhi Tran,: all recognizing the need to re-spark cultural knowledge, which is ever diminishing at our school. Coincidently, they saw the opening of culture night as the opportunity to bring it all back
three months of planning, meeting, discussing, researching. Contacting all the support we could get. Conversations and getting information from the Class of 2005 Committee to Open and their talks with the police, other schools, and alumni. gathering crime info, studying SUHSD District and EHS mission statements, applying those darn ESLRs. A 50 pg power point presentation. Going around the entire school and asking every administrator and teacher for their support. Going around 11 high school campuses north, south, east, and west and gathering 1000 signatures. Formulating an online petition with 600 signatures from 40 or so different high schools and colleges. Looking at every avenue, every aspect, and every single way to realize this difficult task. Putting our hearts and souls into this.
All this to fight an administration: a principal, all the assistant principals, and the asb dean Mr. Barrett. an administration that knocked down every effort preceding us in the previous years. An administration, who last year had a principal who highly approved the open culture night but soon who changed his mind due to the ap's. An administration that repeatedly pushed us back and rescheduled our presentation 3times [one time, without our knowing and without a request to reschedule]. An administration that we had to write a letter of concern just to be heard. An administration that finally opened up, were speechless, and highly impressed by our presentation. An administration that finally gave us a chance to prove ourselves
now, we're off to raise $1,500 for security, police, decorations, etc. off to contact 40 community businesses, restaurants, realtors, friends, families, students, organizations, colleges, anyone. Personally ready with our letters of donation, complete with an envelope.
About time something went good for 2006.