Diversity at JOHS
- tnella
- May 19, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: May 23, 2019
During the school year, John Overton High School is teeming with about two thousand impressive young people. They are gregarious, social, energetic, talkative, and quite diverse.
This diversity is a very good thing because, according to research at UCLA, diversity in the classroom enhances students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills. That is a WIN WIN WIN!
Our multiplicity includes fifty countries and forty-two languages represented at JOHS. However, the languages most commonly spoken at JOHS are English, Spanish, Kurdish, Arabic, and Somali.
Do you know what this means? It means that our JOHS educators and stakeholders have the challenge and the opportunity to equip students with the skills necessary to participate not only in the global workforce but also in the world that awaits them in the future.
Really enjoyed reading this—it's inspiring to see how diversity at JOHS creates such a vibrant and enriching learning environment. Exposure to different cultures truly strengthens critical thinking and communication skills. As someone familiar with a Thesis writing help service, I can see how these experiences later shape stronger research perspectives. This kind of environment genuinely prepares students for a global future.