International High School to Hold Annual TET Celebration January 25

WHAT:         
The International High School of New Orleans (IHSNO) will hold a TET 2016 celebration with an assembly featuring traditional fan and dragon dance, and other student performances.
 
WHEN:          
Wednesday, January 25, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
 
WHERE:        
The International High School of New Orleans
727 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone (504) 613-5703

WHY:        
The International High School of New Orleans (IHSNO) takes pride in its cultural diversity and will celebrate TET 2016 (Vietnamese and Chinese New Year) with an assembly featuring traditional dance and student performances.
 
IHSNO holds a series of cultural celebrations every year representing the languages that are taught at the school: Hispanic Heritage Celebration, Vietnamese and Chinese New Year (TET), French Week, Indian Day, Arabic National Day, and Black History Month.
 
The purpose of the TET celebration is to carry on the beautiful Asian tradition of celebrating the new year in the cultural traditions such as the money tree and traditional dances.
 
International High School of New Orleans is an International Baccalaureate World School with an emphasis of language learning and diversity appreciation.  Founded in 2009, IHS is the only school in Orleans Parish to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), a curriculum with a reputation for its international external assessment with published global standards that focus on the development of a student’s critical-thinking skills by engaging them intellectually, emotionally, and ethically, creating a “passport for success”.