On Monday, January 17, George School will be in session to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a morning all-school assembly, some thirty workshops led by students and guest speakers, small-group discussions, and Meeting for Worship.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, the assembly program will address the history of school integration in the United States and at George School. Students will perform a skit and monologues about how they experience diversity at George School in 2005 and their wishes for the future of diversity at George School.

Workshops will encourage students to discuss and reflect on Dr. King’s message of multiculturalism, diversity, and peace in a variety of ways. They will be led by professors and graduate students from Temple University, George School students who attended the National Association of Independent Schools’ annual People of Color Conference, and various George School student organizations, including Havurah (Jewish culture group), Open Doors (sexual orientation interest group), Pacific Rim Organization, Women’s Issues Now, and the R&B Step Team, as well as George School parents and faculty. Each student will attend two workshops and then meet with their advisors in small groups to discuss what they learned before proceeding to Meeting for Worship. 

About George School 
George School, founded in 1893 by members of the Society of Friends (Quakers), teaches that each person shares a responsibility for helping to make the world a better place. The student body is diverse, representing twenty states and thirty foreign countries and a variety of ethnic, racial, religious, academic, and economic backgrounds. Each year more than $4 million in need-based financial aid is provided to eligible students.