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Upcoming Important Dates

• February: Black Excellence Month
• Jan29 – Feb 16: Lunar New Year
• Feb 28 – Mar 29: Ramadan

ALL ARE WELCOME HERE T-shirts have arrived! For just $20 you can support the Campus Culture Committee of APC while wearing a stylish black t-shirt that lets everyone know what the Dons are all about. Reach out here for payment information and how to get your shirt. Available in M and L only at this time.

Black Excellence Month continues with BSU student meetings each Wednesday of February. Please show support by encouraging your students to attend the club’s events, including the Movie Night + Potluck on Feb 21 and the Quad City Dance on Feb 28.

The San Francisco Chinese New Year parade is the largest of its kind outside of Asia. Celebrated this year on Saturday, Feb 15, it is one of the few remaining night illuminated parades in North America.

If you’d like to help with any celebrations or join in our cultural discussions, please contact the Campus Culture Committee here and don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with what the students are doing to celebrate all of these wonderful cultures and special dates.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with what the students are doing to celebrate all of these wonderful cultures and special dates.

Upcoming Important Dates

• February: Black Excellence Month
• Jan29 – Feb 16: Lunar New Year
• Feb 28 – Mar 29: Ramadan

Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African American History Month. It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation in 1970. Our school district recognizes it as Black Excellence Month to celebrate not only the history, but the present excellence in the Black community. Students from the Black Student Union (BSU) will be holding events throughout the month. Please support them by encouraging your students to attend the club’s events, including the Quad City Dance at the end of the month.

Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, this festival takes place from Chinese New Year’s Eve (the evening preceding the first day of the year) to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture.

If you’d like to help with any celebrations or join in our cultural discussions please contact the Campus Culture Committee here.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with what the students are doing to celebrate all of these wonderful cultures and special dates.

Important January Dates

• Jan 27: APC Campus Culture Committee meeting
• Jan 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Jan 29 – Feb 16: Lunar New Year

T-shirts are coming!! The Open House/Course Preview is this Thursday, Jan 30 and we will be at a table near the PAC with our new “All are Welcome” t-shirts for sale. Please stop by and pick one up along with a free sticker.

Our next Campus Culture Committee meeting is tomorrow, Jan 27. Parents and caregivers of currently enrolled students are invited to attend at 6pm online. Please email us to be added to the event.

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is an international memorial day that commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, which resulted in the genocide of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities, by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945.

Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or, informally but more widely, lunisolar calendars. Lunar calendars follow the lunar phase while lunisolar calendars follow both the lunar phase and the time of the solar year. The event is celebrated by numerous cultures in various ways at diverse dates. Over the next few weeks we will highlight some of them here. We hope you encourage your students to join in some of the celebrations that will be happening on campus.

If you’d like to be a part of the upcoming 2025 celebrations, such as Black Excellence Month and Lunar New Year, please contact the DEIB committee here.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with what the students are doing to celebrate all of these wonderful cultures and special dates.

Important January Dates

• Jan 20: Martin Luther King Jr Day
• Jan 27: APC Campus Culture Committee meeting
• Jan 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Jan 29 – Feb 16: Lunar New Year

T-shirts are coming!! The open house/course preview is on Thursday Jan 30 and we will be at a table in the quad with our new “All are Welcome” T-shirts for sale. Please stop by and pick one up, along with a free sticker.
 
Our next Campus Culture Committee meeting has been pushed to Jan 27 due to the MLK holiday. Parents and caregivers of currently enrolled students are invited to attend at 6pm online. Please email us to be added to the event. 

Martin Luther King Jr Day is a time that we celebrate, commemorate and honor the life, legacy and impact of Dr. Martin Luther King. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal and state law and civil society. The movement led to several groundbreaking legislative reforms in the United States.

If you’d like to be a part of the upcoming 2025 celebrations, such as Black Excellence Month and Lunar New Year, please contact the DEIB committee here.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with what the students are doing to celebrate all of these wonderful cultures and special dates.

Important January Dates

• Jan 13: Korean American Day
• Jan 20: Martin Luther King Jr Day
• Jan 25: Mahayana New Year
• Jan 27: APC Campus Culture Committee meeting
• Jan 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Jan 29-Feb 16: Lunar New Year

T-shirts are coming!! The open house/course preview is on Thursday Jan 30 and we will be at a table in the quad with our new “All are Welcome” T-shirts for sale. Please stop by and pick one up, along with a free sticker.
 
Our next Campus Culture Committee meeting has been pushed to Jan 27 due to the MLK holiday. Parents and caregivers of currently enrolled students are invited to attend at 6pm for a zoom call.

If you’d like to be a part of the upcoming 2025 celebrations, such as Black Excellence Month and Lunar New Year, please contact the DEIB committee here.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with what the students are doing to celebrate all of these wonderful cultures and special dates.

Important January Dates

• Jan 13: Korean American Day
• Jan 20: Martin Luther King Jr Day
• Jan 25: Mahayana New Year
• Jan 27: APC Campus Culture Committee meeting
• Jan 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Jan 29-Feb 16: Lunar New Year

The APC Campus Culture Committee hopes everyone had a wonderful break and is excited to learn more about one another in the new year! Please reach out if you have any suggestions for upcoming newsletter updates.
 
Korean American Day is on Jan 13 and commemorates the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States in 1903. The day also honors the Korean American’s immense contributions to every aspect of society.

If you’d like to be a part of the upcoming 2025 celebrations, such as Black Excellence Month and Lunar New Year, please contact the DEIB committee here.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with what the students are doing to celebrate all of these wonderful cultures and special dates.

Important December Dates

• Dec 21              Winter Solstice
• Dec 25              Christmas
• Dec 25-Jan 2    Hanukkah
• Dec 26-Jan 8   Kwanzaa

The winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, occurs when either of earth’s poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the sun. Since prehistory, the winter solstice has been a significant time of year in many cultures and has been marked by festivals and rites. This is because it is the point when the shortening of daylight hours is reversed and daytime begins to lengthen again. In parts of Europe it was seen as the symbolic death and rebirth of the sun. Some ancient monuments such as Newgrange, Stonehenge, Cahokia Woodhenge and Ahu Tongariki are aligned with the sunrise or sunset on the winter solstice.

Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa will all be celebrated during our winter break and we wish all who celebrate times full of joy and peace. To learn more about each celebration please click on the holiday above.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with what the students are doing to celebrate all of these wonderful cultures and special dates.

Important December Dates

• Dec 10              Human Rights Day
• Dec 21              Winter Solstice
• Dec 25              Christmas
• Dec 25-Jan 2    Hanukkah
• Dec 26-Jan 8   Kwanzaa

Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on Dec 10 every year. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on Dec 10 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations. Because the UDHR holds the world record as the most translated document (except for the Bible), organizations around the globe use the day to focus on helping people everywhere learn about their rights.

The month of December is a time set aside by many to celebrate a variety of traditions and enjoy time with family, friends and community. If you have some information you feel is important for our committee to share about a celebration you partake in, please let us know.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with what the students are doing to celebrate all of these wonderful cultures and special dates.