Diversity at Glasgow
January 11, 2021
If you’re looking to find diversity, you’ve come to the right place. Glasgow is not only the most populated middle school in Virginia, but it’s also one of the most diverse schools in Virginia. Here at Glasgow, students come from various backgrounds. They come from different countries, speak different languages, and practice different religions. Glasgow embraces the diversity that it has and is proud to have so many students from so many different backgrounds.
Here is the data from the survey that 196 students filled out:
From the 196 students that filled out this survey, 33.7% (66) said that they don’t speak a language other than English, while 66.3% (130) said that they do. There are about 40 languages being spoken and 11 religions being practiced by the students that answered this survey. Additionally, 22 of the students who took this survey were not born in America. There were 19 different countries that those students are from. Here are the list of countries and the number of students that were born there:
- Afghanistan – 5
- Argentina – 1
- Bangladesh – 1
- Bolivia – 4
- Egypt – 2
- El Salvador – 2
- Ethiopia – 4
- Greece – 1
- Guatemala – 1
- Honduras – 1
- Italy – 1
- Mexico – 1
- Morocco – 2
- Nepal – 1
- Pakistan – 1
- Saudi Arabia – 2
- Slovenia – 1
- Sudan – 3
- Syria – 1
As you can see, Glasgow has an extremely diverse community, and that was only within 196 students out of the 2000 students that make up Glasgow’s population. Glasgow is constantly teaching and learning about different backgrounds, cultures, heritages, etc. It’s delighted with the amount of diversity there is and is always looking to see more. What’s your opinion on diversity? What does it mean to you?
Rewan Farag (she/her) attends Glasgow Middle School and is in 8th grade. She was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and lived there until she was 5. She then moved to Northern Virginia.
She loves to read and write. She has been playing the viola for about 4 years now and is in Chamber Orchestra at Glasgow MS. She knows how to speak Arabic and is currently learning French. She loves to swim in the summertime. She also loves to do community service; she is in a volunteer club. Her favorite subject is math and she has 2 brothers and a sister.
Jonathan Ortega
Feb 2, 2021 at 6:10 am
I really wanted to post a comment on this awesome article. But i don’t know what to say..
Cori Grillo
Jan 27, 2021 at 9:22 pm
This was a great article and I’m always so happy to see such diversity happening in the world. Keep up the great writing!