{"id":492709,"date":"2026-10-11T15:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/492709\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T15:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:26:40","slug":"rowe-schools-joyful-international-fair-celebrates-diverse-cultures-traditions-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/492709\/","title":{"rendered":"Rowe School\u2019s \u2018joyful\u2019 International Fair celebrates diverse cultures, traditions \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sept. 24, R. Roger Rowe School celebrated the diversity and community at the annual International Fair. Over 350 students, family members and alumni came together to learn more about 19 host countries featured at booths set up in the sunny school quad.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my favorite event of the year because the families of R. Roger Rowe bring their knowledge and passion for their cultures and traditions and graciously share it with our community,\u201d said drama teacher Heidi Moreno, who organized the\u00a0event.<\/p>\n

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Students from the Torrey Pines High School Japanese Club hosted an origami booth at the Rowe International Fair. (Courtesy Heidi Moreno)\n<\/p>\n

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The India booth at the R. Roger Rowe International Fair. (Courtesy Heidi Moreno)\n<\/p>\n

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High school Folklorico dancers from Danzas del Coraz\u00f3n. (Courtesy RSF School)\n<\/p>\n

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R. Roger Rowe music teacher Jonathan Valverde performed Mariachi vocals at the International Fair. (Courtesy Heidi Moreno)\n<\/p>\n

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The United Kingdom booth at Rowe\u2019s International Fair. (Courtesy Heidi Moreno)\n<\/p>\n

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Students from the Torrey Pines High School Japanese Club hosted an origami booth at the Rowe International Fair. (Courtesy Heidi Moreno)\n<\/p>\n

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In addition to the 19 countries highlighted, the event also included performances from UC San Diego\u2019s Indian Fusion Dance Team, high school Folklorico dancers from Danzas del Corazon, and R. Roger Rowe\u2019s rock band The Band of Nines. Rowe music teacher Jonathan Valverde opened the fair with his incredible Mariachi vocals. The Torrey Pines High School Japanese Club also hosted a booth, teaching students origami and Japanese greetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing all of the excitement at each booth brings so much joy to our school,\u201d staff member and\u00a0International Fair volunteer Rachel Rybeki shared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sept. 24, R. Roger Rowe School celebrated the diversity and community at the annual International Fair. Over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[6837,6838,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-492709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-rancho-santa-fe-review","tag-rancho-santa-fe-review-news","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}