Whitfield Welcomes Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year, also referred to as Chinese New Year, began on January 22, 2023, ushering in the Year of the Rabbit. Last week, the Whitfield community enjoyed two festive holiday traditions courtesy of faculty member Amy Muggleton, and students in Asian Student Union (ASU) and International Student Union (ISU). At Thursday’s Morning Assembly, Jack Jiang ’23 and Jason Chien ’26 shared information about Lunar New Year and invited Head of School Chris Cunningham to ‘dot the eyes’ on the head of the ceremonial dragon. The dragon was created by 8th grade students in Curtis Erlinger’s visual arts class. Friday evening, students in ASU, ISU, and Mandarin classes gathered for dinner and traditional new year celebration games.