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A day of unity at Logan Park

International students gather to celebrate Race Unity Day. Photo by John Lewis
International students gather to celebrate Race Unity Day. Photo by John Lewis
Race Unity Day is a tradition well celebrated at Logan Park High School; and so it should be, writes Katherine Ralph.

With students from over twenty-five countries walking the corridors of the school, it's only right to apply the ‘arms-wide-open' approach.

The main event of this commemorative day is the Race Unity Assembly, where students dress up and parade the flag of their country across the stage and greet the audience in their native tongue.

This year students ranged from Australian to Austrian; Taiwanese to Thai; and Korean to good ole' Kiwi. Probably - no - definitely our biggest contenders were the Germans with a whopping fifteen students.

To end the assembly on a high note (hah) we sang Michael Jackson's ‘Black and White' - a rather appropriate choice considering the song's content.

Now, Race Unity Day might be just one day of many in the school year, but the unity continues well into the second, third and fourth terms.

Having international students roaming our halls and haunts, is unquestionably the best way to learn about the world and other cultures.

Also, it comes with a guarantee Logan Park students will be speaking at least ‘Kia ora-hello' in a different language ‘Ola', ‘Konnichiwa', ‘Bonjour', ‘Guten Tag' ‘Nehar' ‘Shalom'... just to name a few, by the end of the year.

Logan Park is known for its unrelenting acceptance and the participation numbers in the Race Unity assembly always reflects this.

Until next year... Adios!

- Katherine Ralph is a Year 13 student at Logan Park High School

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