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Lunchtime diners
Steven Colvin, 12,
and Balbirsingh
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Above:
Karen Davis and
Lisa Goldberg serve
Jewish American
food including
corned beef and lox.

: Avery Neuman's
skill with chopsticks
extends to macaroni
and cheese and
seven-layer cake.

Photos by Angie Baan

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derful diversity of the student body."
Students at the West Bloomfield
school come from about 50 different
countries, said counselor Tom Shelton,
who acted as master of ceremonies and
chief crowd control officer.
"It's really a valuable resource that
the school has this diversity," he said.
"Too often, diversity is seen as some-
thing to be dealt with, as a problem.
Here, it's a positive."
The conflict in the Middle East
seemed far away as young people with
roots in China, Japan and Pakistan,
gathered with their black, Jewish and
Iraqi friends.

"We talk about Israel a lot in
Hebrew school, but not here," said
12-year-old Avery Neuman of West
Bloomfield, as he deftly maneuvered
macaroni and cheese into his mouth
with chopsticks.
"People sometimes stare in malls,
but not in school," said Shathar Najor,
13, of West Bloomfield. "Here, we get
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along."
Special needs teacher Kristi Garland
said her students were trying as many
foods as they could squeeze onto their
plates.
"They'd be crazy not to," she said.
"It's all so great."

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