Cultural Awareness & Events

Please find information and events below related to the various cultural groups represented in our city.

World Hijab Day

February 1, 2024 - February 9, 2024

To foster personal freedom of religious expression and understanding.

Buffalo Public Schools invites women to experience the World Hijab Day Celebration by:

Submitting photos to the BPS Webmaster email before 2/9/20204 for the website!

Please view the BPS World Hijab Day Celebration PowerPoint

Wear your hijab write and essay and submit work to:

The 5 schools with the most submissions to bpswebmaster@buffaloschools.org will win $100 from a donated incentive. (by February 9th) and to be featured in our BPS slideshow.

Contest rules below:

Elementary Students	Secondary Students
World Hijab Day 2024 Elementary flyer.	World Hijab Day 2024 secondary flyer.
● Describe how you feel in your hijab in your own words. ● Tell us about wearing a hijab or headdress. ● Learn more about World Hijab Day. ● Send a photo of you in a hijab or other headdress.	● Writing a paragraph to describe how you feel in your hijab. ● Sharing your experience of wearing a hijab or headdress with others. ● Learning more about World Hijab Day and sharing information. ● Sending a photo of yourself in a hijab or other headdress.